Awesome flesh-burning death lamp. (Germicidal UV)
What it is
BigClive tears down and tests a germicidal UVC lamp from eBay that floods a room with narrow-band ultraviolet and ozone. He warns of the eye and skin hazards.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN points to BigClive as a source for how cheap UVC lamps actually work and what they emit.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2018, last 2024
What HN commenters said
“BigClive has some interesting videos on these kinds of lights”
BigClive has interesting videos on germicidal UV lights
dwroberts, 2023-11 · Recommendation
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: uvc, ozone, teardown, safety, bigclive
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