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Hi Jeff,

Thanks for sharing!

I have updated The Great Big Exhibits Resource List to include your  
two "finds" under the "Lighting" Category.
<http://www.orselli.net/sources.htm>

You should post your project on ExhibitFiles as well!
<http://www.exhibitfiles.org/>


On Mar 31, 2008, at Monday, Mar 31     1:05 PM, Jeff Courtman wrote:

> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology  
> Centers
> Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related  
> institutions.
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>
> Just finished a project for the Meadow's Museum that included a UV  
> exhibit (UV is one of the tools that can be used for forensic  
> analysis of a painting).
>
> Ended up doing a fair amount of research and thought I'd share two  
> sources for lamps - one the duct tape version, the other gold plated.
>
>
> For inexpeinsive, coated fluorescent tubes:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2wunkk
>
> The Phillips brand were actually recommended by the company that  
> makes the Cadillac version.
>
> http://www.uvsystems.com/
>
> This latter site is chock full of good information and Mr. Newsome  
> was very helpful, even though we went with the cheap coated tubes  
> (it fit our budget and it did what we wanted).
>
> I offer these contacts because it took a few hours to research and  
> find the solution; maybe you won't have to reinvent the wheel.
>
> And Paul, you may want to add to your very excellent resource lists.
>

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