Flourescents (was: What tools do you carry, always

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Thu Dec 7 20:52:28 2000

On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, John Foust wrote:
> Yes, of course that's how flourescent lamps work. I think
> they even still have mercury vapor in them. However, I questioned
> whether the dinky little lamp in a scanner would zap a windowed
> (and presumably stickered) EEPROM.

Ahhh!
Thank you for the explanation. The issue then is not whether they
produce UV, but whether the amount of UV is enough to be a potential
problem.
Received on Thu Dec 07 2000 - 20:52:28 GMT