UV-C disinfection light

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First things first: IMPORTANT: UV-C not only kills viruses and bacteria is also VERY BAD for SKIN & especially your EYES. **** DO NOT USE WHILE PERSONS OR PETS ARE IN THE ROOM **** Additionally It uses MAINS VOLTAGE so please know what you're doing Because if the current health crisis I've made this UV-C disinfection light. Anything item coming in my house will be first disinfected ( 10 minutes each side of the object) I used a 25W UV-C tube typically used against algee by aquarium users https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B0063MRM2I/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and a suitable electronic ballast like https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B01I1RNWBC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I used 4 threaded rods between the top and bottom to protect the tube from impacts. (8mm rods, 50cm in length) Both the top as bottom parts has mounting holes for fans however they are not needed so just leave them empty and ignore it on the photos ;-) There are two versions of the spacers that holds the tube centered, the difference is the diameter of the hole where the tube goes, I printed the spacer with the smaller diameter with flexible filament so the tube is softly holded in place, if you don't have flexible filament you use the spacer with the larger hole and use some cotton/cardboard or whatever to fill the gap between the spacer and tube. Stay safe everyone !!