As it is with all gas discharge lamps the output of germicidal lamps also reduces when the temperature of the tube surface deviates from its optimum. The particular performance data of the various lamp types and the influences of air or water cooling plays a decisive part in an effective and reliable UV disinfecting! This is very often neglected and a major cause of failure.

The above described effect is made clear by the diagram on the left side and also shows the performances of the new sterilAir High Efficiency Lamps in real application situations.