I like my far-UVCAerolamp a lot, but haven't been
using it much: each time I wanted to get it out I needed to put it up
on a tall stand, and ensure it wasn't going to get knocked over. This
evening I attached it to the wall, which is great:
It's very light and uses a 1/4" photo mount, so I used these simple cheap
tiltable ones. The goal is to get it as high as possible for
safety, and angled down so you're not wasting half the output on the
ceiling. They were $9 for four, so if you are in Boston and want one
I have three more. It unscrews easily, so it's not hard to take down
when I need it portable again.
Aside: I'm very happy to lend it to people putting on events, as long
as you'll be careful with it. For example, it went to YTS this year.
It comes with a very blue cable, and to make it less obtrusive I got a
cheap
white one to tuck up in the molding:
I don't have a convenient switched outlet, but remote-controlled
outlets have gotten so cheap these days that it seemed worth setting one up. I put
it pretty high up and labeled it, so guests wouldn't mistake it for a
regular light switch.
Here's what it looks like covering the living and dining room:
I chose to put it on the dining room side because the living room has
more existing air cleaning capacity (3x AirFanta
3Pro).
My ceiling is only 8'5", so the highest I can get the lamp is
8'1". If people are standing, per Illuminate it hits ACGIH 8-hr
limits after 6.3hr, so I'm planning to run it for at most 5hr/day by
default. Because dose falls inversely to with distance
squared, however, if people are sitting (ex: eating around the table)
then the additional 15" of height reduces the worst-cas edose by a factor
of 2.4, which keeps you below safety limits in basically any plausible
scenario.
I'm glad to have it set up semi-permanently, and this should save time
setting up for EA Dinners and
other crowded gatherings!
I like my far-UVC Aerolamp a lot, but haven't been using it much: each time I wanted to get it out I needed to put it up on a tall stand, and ensure it wasn't going to get knocked over. This evening I attached it to the wall, which is great:
It's very light and uses a 1/4" photo mount, so I used these simple cheap tiltable ones. The goal is to get it as high as possible for safety, and angled down so you're not wasting half the output on the ceiling. They were $9 for four, so if you are in Boston and want one I have three more. It unscrews easily, so it's not hard to take down when I need it portable again.
Aside: I'm very happy to lend it to people putting on events, as long as you'll be careful with it. For example, it went to YTS this year.
It comes with a very blue cable, and to make it less obtrusive I got a cheap white one to tuck up in the molding:
I don't have a convenient switched outlet, but remote-controlled outlets have gotten so cheap these days that it seemed worth setting one up. I put it pretty high up and labeled it, so guests wouldn't mistake it for a regular light switch.
It keeps my elevated air purifier good company.
Here's what it looks like covering the living and dining room:
I chose to put it on the dining room side because the living room has more existing air cleaning capacity (3x AirFanta 3Pro).
My ceiling is only 8'5", so the highest I can get the lamp is 8'1". If people are standing, per Illuminate it hits ACGIH 8-hr limits after 6.3hr, so I'm planning to run it for at most 5hr/day by default. Because dose falls inversely to with distance squared, however, if people are sitting (ex: eating around the table) then the additional 15" of height reduces the worst-cas edose by a factor of 2.4, which keeps you below safety limits in basically any plausible scenario.
I'm glad to have it set up semi-permanently, and this should save time setting up for EA Dinners and other crowded gatherings!