A new device, high-power UV LED s with silicone lenses that features a wavelength in the 365 nm range. Designed to provide a reliable, energy-saving replacement for mercury lamps.The UV led enables extremely long lifetimes up to 25, 000 h, compared to the typical mercury lamp lifetime of 800 h. The environmentally safe UV LED is free of heavy metals .Device Provides Energy-Saving Replacement for Mercury Lamps and immunity to degradation from frequent on/off switching. While mercury lamps require complex drive circuits and need 2 to 15 minutes to warm up, the UV led allows for the use of simple low-voltage circuitry and requires no warm-up period.
