Germicidal lamp for vacuum cleaner

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Oliver
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Germicidal lamp for vacuum cleaner

Postby Oliver » Mon Jun 01, 2020 5:08 pm

Came across this small germicial lamp for a Hoover Mattress vacuum cleaner. It looks like a 4w tube. It has larger end caps that usual.

https://www.hoover-varaosat.fi/vacuum-c ... f=11871929
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Re: Germicidal lamp for vacuum cleaner

Postby James » Sat Jul 11, 2020 2:11 pm

The Chinese cannot make germicidal lamps in soft glass, because that special UV-Transmitting glass is only produced in Holland and Hungary. So they make their germicidal lamps from quartz instead. The pinch-seals of quartz lamps are nearly always on the outside rather than inside, and the reason for the unusual caps is to cover up the longer seals.
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Re: Germicidal lamp for vacuum cleaner

Postby BC5-80 » Mon Jul 13, 2020 12:38 pm

James you're a mine of information. That's very interesting.

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