floure-sense

[Sam <3dhacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dennis wrote:
>
> I have been reading the mail on you guys with the flourescent tubes. I am
>modifying my king inn with a Vita lite full spectrum flourescent tube(13
>watt). The light from it is a very very white light that is supposed to be
>the closest thing to real sunlight.The manufacturer states that the visable
>uv output isn't attenuated and that is the reason for its ability to
>portray colors vividly. The tube is a 13 watt and the king inn is normally
>a 4 watt tube. I'm going to dim it down a bit.  I  may call the
>manufacturer to ask about excessive uv radiation -being so close to the
>eyes and all.
>

I've got a 13 watter in my viewer. How exactly do you "dim" a flourescent
bulb? I planned to do it through a grid, but if there's a better way I'd
like to hear about it.
Sam Smith
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