Jinx wrote:

> But Alice's comments about UV has got me wondering. I made this
> one using 5W Sylvania (Philips) tubes many years ago during
> production of some data cartridges, before I knew that UV came
> in different flavours. I seem to recall it worked, but perhaps I'll
> spend a few minutes at the weekend verifying that, it's been
> some time since it was used, as I now have a small Datarase unit
>
> http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/joecolquitt/uveraser.html


Hi Jinx, I have tested my 4w germicidal tube
in the k-mart night light, erases PICs in under
5 minutes. Haven't tried quicker than that, I
suspect it is though.
-Roman

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