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Hi , I can pick up a flourescent black light bulb for about $15, do these produce enough UV to erase PIC's, thanks in advance, -Russ spam_OUTberg.russTakeThisOuTic.gc.ca

>Hi , I can pick up a flourescent black light bulb for about $15, do these >produce enough UV to erase PIC's, thanks in advance, > -Russ >.....berg.russKILLspam@spam@ic.gc.ca Most UV erasers use 254nm light from a low pressure mercury discharge. This is harmful to eyes and skin. Black light bulbs generate longer wavelenghts which are less harmful but also have lower energies and will probably be less efficient for erasing eproms. Keith. ========================================================== Keith Dowsett "Variables won't; constants aren't." E-mail: kdowsettKILLspamrpms.ac.uk Phone: 0181-740-3162 Fax: 0181-743-3987 Snail mail: MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Cyclotron Unit. Hammersmith Hospital. London W12 0NN.

Berg, Russ: SAS <.....PICLISTKILLspam.....MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote: > I can pick up a flourescent black light bulb for about $15, do > these produce enough UV to erase PIC's Russ: "Black light" bulbs produce UV in the wrong wavelength. Good thing, too... If they didn't, you'd go blind looking at them. Break down and spend $40 for a Datarase-II eraser from Digi-Key. -Andy Andrew Warren - EraseMEfastfwdspam_OUTTakeThisOuTix.netcom.com Fast Forward Engineering, Vista, California http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499