[vbelenky]

I'm not sure what you mean by clinical unit--the ushio care222 is the longest lasting KrCl emitter I'm aware of, but as all bulbs age, they tend to degrade just by losing output, not by spectral shifting.

Basically everyone in far-UVC is a teeny tiny group selling lamps on basic websites, even those who source care222 emitters from USHIO. It's not a big industry!

We don't source our KrCl bulbs from Shenzen, but not for this reason. Yes, that's true about LEDs, but the physics of LEDs and excimer bulbs are different. Excimer spectra don't smoothly shift the way LED spectra do. Excimer spectra have characteristic peaks based on the energy levels of the possible gas molecule species present in the filler gas. The main change over time is the gradual reduction of the 259nm Cl2* peak, which is the main peak of concern--so it fails gracefully. Another possibility is the degradation of the dichroic filter coating under thermal stress--but I've only ever observed this in diffused units, none where the filtered glass is open to the air, and that will happen even on an Ushio bulb.

Nukit is our competitor but I doubt very much that any concerning spectral shift will take place over the course of the lifetime of their lamp.

[SV_BubbleTime]

So… you can’t prove that the unit will not shift wavelength into a harmful range. However, I can prove that by not subjecting myself any others to claimed-harmless light that I can prove it will not become be realized to be harmful.

Cool! You missed peak covid hysteria. But, there are people that will never recover/realize. Like the type of lunatic that would subject everyone to one of these for a thanksgiving dinner in 2025.

[elil17]

You also can't prove that your normal lightbulbs won't magically start outputting harmful wavelengths. Best to live in the dark I suppose.

[vbelenky]

Shrug. Nothing is 'harmless', including far-uv. Going outside in the sunshine isn't harmless. The stove in your kitchen isn't harmless. Can you prove your stove isn't going to explode some day and kill you? No, but you don't expect it to, in part because it complies with consensus product safety standards--germicidal UV products have their own standard, UL8802.

Far-uv is relatively new tech so it's reasonable to be wary, but I'm persuaded on the merits of evidence. Viruses definitely aren't harmless, and I'd rather not be catching random bugs on the regular if I can avoid it, or worry about my grandma catching flu in the hospital. Everyone has to make reasonable tradeoffs about risks and benefits.