As per usual the CCP4BB community has offered several different on the board and directly to me. Companies suggested include;
Sonntek (www.sonntek.com<http://www.sonntek.com>) --> $695. Kinesis (www.hplclampsandspares.kinesis.co.uk<http://www.hplclampsandspares.kinesis.co.uk> or http://kinesis-usa.com/) --> Stocks vary from country. None in the USA at the moment. Typically around $800. Reflex (http://www.reflexusa.com/) --> $895. Jelight (http://www.jelight.com/low-pressure-uv-lamps.html) --> This requires some filing and an external power supply bringing the cost to $470. All cheaper than GE. I have just ordered from Sonntek. GE does offer the lamp without the housing (28-9354-93) but is only $15 cheaper than the full bundle ($1330). Artem did suggest rigging up a system with a UV LED. Unfortunately I am not electrically minded but I would be interested to know if anyone has done this and if it works. This would be so much cheaper and less hazardous than mercury lamps. We only use 280nm. I assume you would just place the LED so it sits next the hole in the housing unit and connect it up to a battery? Thoughts/suggestions on the type of 280nm LED I should use? Thanks once again everyone. Dan Daniel A Bonsor PhD. Sundberg Lab Institute of Human Virology University of Maryland, Baltimore 725 W Lombard Street N370 Baltimore Maryland MD 21201 Tel: (410) 706-7457 http://www.sundberglab.org/Home.html
