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Replacement UV-C Lamp, Bulb Guide, Resources

UV, UVC Replacement Bulbs, Lamp, Light Directory, Reference Guide

THE Accurate UV Bulb/Light Replacement Directory & Reference Guide;
With links only to sites selling premium "UV Bulbs" at the lowest prices and the best customer service/knowledge of their products!
*For Home, Office Air Purifier, Aquarium, Pond Water Sterilizer, Clarifier, Green Water Control


ALL ARTICLES FOLLOW THE UV-C LAMP/BULB REPLACEMENT GUIDE


Home, Business Air Purifier, AQuarium, Pond UV Sterilizer, Clarifier Current UV Sterilizer, Clarifier, Home or Office Air/Water Purifier Manufacturers with UV Bulb Reference
Please Click on these bulleted links for a quick "jump" to each manufacturers UV Bulb/Lamp reference
(all names are Trademarks of their respective company); then click on item(part) number for corresponding UV Bulb link/resource to purchase or view the correct part.

Alpine, • Aquanetics, • Aqua-StarAquaTopAqua, • BecketBio ZoneBSC EclipseCal Pump, • CaluTech
Coralife, • Current USA (Gamma), • Custom Sealife, • Danner (Supreme Pondmaster)Eden PureEco-Quest
Emperor, • Fish Mate, • Garden Treasures, • Germ-Guardian, • Grech, • Hagen LagunaHawaiian Marine (Angstrom)
HoneywellHozelock Cyprio (Ecostar), • JBJ, • Jebo, • Kleen Air King, • LifeguardOase Bitron
Oceanic, • Peak Pure Air, • Purebrush, • ReSunRed Sea (Ocean Clear), • SavioSecure AirSharper Image
SunSun- Perfect, • Sunterra, • Tetra, • Tropic Marine Center (TMC), • UniMaxUnited Pump AquaShieldVia Aqua


UV Bulb/Lamp Replacement/Reference Guide:

Do not be fooled by inaccurate UVC Replacement bulb/lamp guides or web sites selling UV bulbs/lamps common on the internet
(As an example, many of these web sites list the incorrect UV Replacement lamp for the Terminator UV Sterilizer);
This guide has been compiled by someone with over 3 Decades of UV Sterilizer, Clarifier, Purifier hands on experience.
With links ONLY to Web Sites selling first quality UV Hot Cathode Germicidal UV Bulbs (UV-C low-pressure mercury arc lamps)
Often at the lowest prices!


Thursday, March 4, 2010

UV Replacement Bulb Maintenance, Resources

What makes a quality UVC Bulb for replacement in an Ultraviolet Sterilizer, Clarifier, Purifier or similar device?

To start with often it is not the bulb itself but proper cleaning/maintenance of the Sterilizer, clarifier unit at the time of bulb change.
For instance if your Sterilizer/clarifier uses a quartz sleeve, this should be cleaned at ever bulb change, otherwise residue such as hard water deposits that accumulate on Sterilizers used for ponds or aquarium applications can block much of the useful UVC energy, rendering your bulb change basically useless. Even air purifiers can accumulate debris or residue that can also block useful UVC energy, so this too should be removed when servicing the bulb.

Of coarse many UVC Bulbs are not the same; some only produce 80% or more of the initial UVC irradiation energy for a couple of months versus properly designed low pressure mercury lamps that produce 250-260 NM of UVC light energy necessary for effective Sterilization.
Many rejects (that often find there way to eBay) are NOT pure low pressure mercury lamps and range into the 350 NM range which is not effective for Sterilization.

See this article for more:
UV (UVC) lamps (Bulbs) used in Aquariums and Ponds and how they work.

Recommended Web Sites/Resources

*For Good, Better, & Best UV Sterilizers for your aquarium or pond:
http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/UVSterilizers.html

*For PREMIUM High Output Germicidal UVC Bulbs:
http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/UVCReplacementLamp.html

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