Monday, June 24, 2013

Field Question#1 - What are those 'strings' on your lamps?

A great question came to us from John G. in Clearwater, FL.  We're going to post any questions sent in that pertain to Second Wind Air Purifier or Indoor Air Quality in the next few blogs.  Please click here and send us your questions too!

Q. What are the strings for that run along the length of Second Wind Air Purifier UV lamps?


exposed end of lamp showing
connection of strings to filament
A. The strings are coated pieces of wiring that are connected to the filament ends.  The coated wires travel to the other end of the lamp where they terminate at the four-pin ceramic mounts.  The 4-pin end is where power is supplied via the custom ballast, sending current to both ends of the lamp.

If one or both of these 'strings' is severed, the lamp will not function and will need to be replaced immediately.  

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