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UV-C used to sanitize?
    #21186858 - 01/27/15 02:43 PM (9 years, 2 days ago)

I see a ton of products on amazon that could potentially be useful. All seem to use UV-C to kill germs/mold/etc claiming 99.9% death.

It seems people hate the whole UV discussion almost as much as buying grow kits here. But i wonder about uses: 1. sterilizing equipment/ grow room before everything 2. sterilizing  substrates- verm, BRF, grain, agar, etc before innoc. 3. sterilizing AFTER noc'd (assuming no, as it would kill spores too?) 4. once a jar/bag is contam'd, UV the shit out of it and the surrounding area, and possibly salvage, or just before throwing away

One product i'm looking at is basically a handheld 'wand' you can hold over things for however long to sanitize. Another product is for toothbrushes and dentures, you place something (conveniently petri-dish sized:cool:)inside a small machine and it closes and sterilizes it.

There are also those 'air purifier' fan/stands. I am wary of these, it seems like bullshit. But there is a reasonably cheap version that uses UV-C to sanitize.

Is it all bullshit? is UV-C not strong enough/ won't kill the right things? Could it even be used after inoculation or would it- i assume- kill mycelium/spores? These things are super cheap, I could easily get all 3 products i described for about $80, and that seems like a small price to pay for a clean room and clean jars without using the inefficient, god forsaken pressure cooker


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Re: UV-C used to sanitize? [Re: X0cyris]
    #21186935 - 01/27/15 02:55 PM (9 years, 2 days ago)

I'm not too worried about cost. The cost of the actual machine/products is surprisingly low, and I don't mind a little extra on the energy bill.

I just want to know if and how it would work in practice. I have a personal vendetta against pressure cookers, long story, so I just wanted to see if I could live without one.

Maybe boiling shit with a combo of U.V. to replace p.c-ing?

thanks a lot for the fast replies. Much appreciated.


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Re: UV-C used to sanitize? [Re: RedRum42]
    #21189115 - 01/27/15 10:05 PM (9 years, 2 days ago)

Some ridiculous shit going on here. It has been all but proven UV-C is great for supplemental use, in addition to standard methods. If I can give 90% cleanliness with usual methods, and UV gives me an extra 5%, fuck its worth it to me.

I never said I expected it to penetrate anything. I know it doesn't even penetrate glass/plastic let alone something opaque

And bodhistta, I may have an elementary understanding of mycology, but you clearly have a tenuous grip on science and basic common sense. Will it make my clean room dirtier? Will it somehow ruin everything? How can you so vehemently hate something as objective as wanting a little extra bang in my cleanliness routines? How does me spending $15 on a shitty UV-C wand as an experiment offend you?

This is a wonderful site with oodles of priceless info and experimentation furthering mycology as a whole, but some a couple pompous folk really spoil it for the rest. Experimentation always leads to the future and superior methods. Failures weed out what doesn't work, and shows you what does. It harms no one except for the experimenter who should be prepared to have wasted their money on something that did work. Ever single tek here would have been ridiculed in the 70s. It is easy to stick to what everyone else says as you take no risk and don't have to fire up any intelligence.


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Re: UV-C used to sanitize? [Re: Psilicon]
    #21189152 - 01/27/15 10:13 PM (9 years, 2 days ago)

Mostly going for the empty grow room and tools before use/ jars before full etc. Also possibly cleaning the room after it has been full of contam'd jars.

From my research it seems this should work. obviously will avoid it shining on my skin/eyes, and am aware it degrades paint/plastic/etc etc

Totally worth the small cost if even if i get a small, small percentage less of contam.s


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Re: UV-C used to sanitize? [Re: Psilicon]
    #21189167 - 01/27/15 10:16 PM (9 years, 2 days ago)

Sorry man didn't mean for my post to reflect on your replies specifically, your responses were helpful and objective. Thanks again for the quick replies

It is frustrating dealing people like 'bodhista' who seem so offended by a (not even that really) novel way of doing things


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Re: UV-C used to sanitize? [Re: RedRum42]
    #21189716 - 01/28/15 01:12 AM (9 years, 2 days ago)

Cool thanks for all the input.

I think I will go with the cheap 'wand' for now. Like I said if it even makes the slightest difference it will be worth it for me, personally. Will report back if I notice significant differences.


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