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Has anyone ever used a sanitizer light?

Posted on 5/22/24 at 3:36 pm
Posted by harmonics
Mars Hotel
Member since Jan 2010
18647 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 3:36 pm
My step dad bought 3 of those UV light germ killer things for the bedrooms. Almost $100 each. Wtf do they even do?
Posted by Booyow
Member since Mar 2010
4015 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 3:39 pm to
He’s found too many of your jizz rags around the house
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Tittleman's Crest
Member since Feb 2009
52917 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 3:40 pm to
quote:

My step dad bought 3 of those UV light germ killer things for the bedrooms. Almost $100 each. Wtf do they even do?




kill germs?
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
12889 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 3:42 pm to
I thought those were germ tanning beds since they're too small for a spray tan
Posted by Porpus
Covington, LA
Member since Aug 2022
1715 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 3:50 pm to
Those things are really dangerous. They were installed in Cobb County schools during Covid, and the teachers damn near had to actually come back to work because of them. Sure, one of them was finally able to sabotage the system and the lights ended up getting ripped out, but it was a really close call.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
71771 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 3:52 pm to
The theory is that light in the 210-215 nm range will kill pathogens while bouncing harmlessly off human skin.
Posted by back9Tiger
Mandeville, LA.
Member since Nov 2005
14215 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 3:57 pm to
I travel with one...use it in hotel rooms. Hope it works, otherwise I am just foolish and waste time.
Posted by Dragula
Laguna Seca
Member since Jun 2020
5068 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 4:06 pm to
I remember hospitals purchased a bunch of them during Covid,..

Yes, they do work.
Posted by harmonics
Mars Hotel
Member since Jan 2010
18647 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 4:09 pm to
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kill germs?

How?
Posted by sqerty
AP
Member since May 2022
5308 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 4:14 pm to
Do they come with the FBI CIA NSA bug detector?
Posted by harmonics
Mars Hotel
Member since Jan 2010
18647 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 4:15 pm to
quote:

The theory is that light in the 210-215 nm range will kill pathogens while bouncing harmlessly off human skin.


Oh ok. I haven't seen them. I honestly had no idea how they even worked. My step dad buys random shite all the time, especially tech stuff. Sometimes it's good and sometimes it's a complete waste of money
Posted by Sidicous
Middle of Nowhere
Member since Aug 2015
17506 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 4:20 pm to
Hospital surgical areas use them including inside the air ducts. Being a department manager for a chain of 17 day surgery centers put me in meetings with plant/equipment updates from facilities management. One of the things they had to check manually was that the duct lights were back on after a power outage and systems restart.
Posted by jaytothen
Member since Jan 2020
6469 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 4:36 pm to
Trump suggested these and was ridiculed, yet here we are and, once again, he's proven correct
Posted by TJack
BR
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Posted on 5/22/24 at 6:45 pm to
This post was edited on 5/22/24 at 8:29 pm
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
55435 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 7:20 pm to
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The theory is that light in the 210-215 nm range will kill pathogens while bouncing harmlessly off human skin.

That's the goal. I think some of them are supposed to only be used in unoccupied rooms. A kind turn on, walk out, and let it do its thing deal.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
263209 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 7:23 pm to
Our sewage sanitation system at work uses UV lights.

Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
143057 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 7:25 pm to
No, now I only use a bidet
Posted by holmesbr
Baton Rouge, La.
Member since Feb 2012
3063 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 9:54 pm to
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kind turn on, walk out, and let it do its thing deal.


Do these like kill the germ on contact or is it like boiling water where it may take some time?
Posted by AUstar
Member since Dec 2012
17104 posts
Posted on 5/22/24 at 11:29 pm to
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Do these like kill the germ on contact or is it like boiling water where it may take some time?


Probably depends on the intensity which would roughly be equal to the quality of the device.

In hospitals they have them on carts. They wheel the cart into the room, shut the door and let the light run for a few minutes.
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
20038 posts
Posted on 5/23/24 at 12:26 am to
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The theory is that light in the 210-215 nm range will kill pathogens while bouncing harmlessly off human skin.


They are supposed to expose the air to UV inside of a chamber cycling through, not expose skin and eyes to it.
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