Blacklight question

the pocketscan, and the concept series lights have a black light UV type color.
And there is a black light called "UV Cannon" by ADJ.

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If you want a almost UV effect and have some money to spend go with the concept IIs because of the discharge bulb they actually make white, yellow, light green, etc things glow like a black light would!! Not of coarse the same as a black light but pretty close! I found this out with my autos and I compare them with mine Pocket and the results show a phenomenal difference!! Which was expected because the bulbs are totally different but the way it lit everything around it was cool.

hey,uumm, i was just wondering....can u buy "black light" light bulbs and put 'em into a bulb holder thingy??... or does it have to be a black light fixture case?

which type of balcklight bulbs

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Originally posted by dj fobster:
[qb] hey,uumm, i was just wondering....can u buy "black light" light bulbs and put 'em into a bulb holder thingy??... or does it have to be a black light fixture case? [/qb]

Yeah you can buy normal 60 watt black light bulbs from just about any hardware, and department store. They work poorly though, so I do not recommend them.

the 400w bulbs

Good luck getting a Socket that can handle 400 watts. You can use blacklight florescent bulbs in regular fixtures. don't use the cheap ones though, because the starter has to work a little harder to light it.

bowwow. . . check out this bad boy. . . For a blacklight effect, it's always best to have a fixture that's designed to do so. It's part of the ADJ family, and it's got a MAP price of $149. . . is it a 400 watt uvcannon? NO, but two of these draw less than half the power, and cover a large area.

I like it more than the cannon

I've seen the UV Wash in action, and it is hot hot hot! Good coverage, and a really good price. Even one did a decent job of covering the floor.

BTW, how did it get to be called a 'Black light'? Is it because the bulbs are dark when they are off?

a black light is called that because of the light it puts out. if you know anything much about light...not lighting...then this will be easier to understand
ok first things first there are many colors in one single beam of white light...there is all the colors of a rainbow. if you have ever used a prism then you understand this concept.
now, the way we get different colors is by the color.say we have a green wall, it absorbs all the colors except for one...green. the green light gets reflected back at our eyes and we see green.
now with a black light its is a bit trickier. when you have flourescent black lights it is a normal flourescent light except the tube has a coating that filters our most of the visible light and only lets UV-A light that makes the cool colors. the UV-A light is reflected off of phosphors on things like ur cloths teeth and other stuff. black cloths don't "glow" because black absorbs all light.
to simplify...blacklights only output UV-A color which reflects off of phosphors and then we see a "glow". it doesn't work an all materials because they don't reflect UV-A...they abosorb it.
sorry i wrote kinda long. if ya want more info go here:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/black-light.htm
DJ Borris

P.S. i don't really know how it got the name "black light" technically it should be called a "UV light" hmmmc crazy world.
DJ Borris

Thanks borris.

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Originally posted by borris123:
[qb] P.S. i don't really know how it got the name "black light" technically it should be called a "UV light" hmmmc crazy world.
DJ Borris [/qb]

Yeah, I kinda thought the same thing too. I guess UV Light doesn't sound as cool though.

it may not be a true black lite but, it sure has some interesting effects on a white shirt