http://www.qphotonics.com/Deep-UV-light-emitting-diode-500-800uW-280nm.html
It's the only source I know, but there are others, I am sure. You would need an appropriate driver, for simple led it is a source of current and a limiting resistor, but for a fancy uv led you may want to use a current regulator, which is not a big deal... Artem On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 13:31 Bonsor, Daniel <dbon...@som.umaryland.edu> wrote: > As per usual the CCP4BB community has offered several different on the > board and directly to me. Companies suggested include; > > > > Sonntek (www.sonntek.com) à $695. > > Kinesis (www.hplclampsandspares.kinesis.co.uk or http://kinesis-usa.com/) > à Stocks vary from country. None in the USA at the moment. Typically > around $800. > > Reflex (http://www.reflexusa.com/) à $895. > > Jelight (http://www.jelight.com/low-pressure-uv-lamps.html) à 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 >