More fake UVC "sterilizing" lamps from China! (with schematic)

[@angeldelvax7219]

They just don't seem to get it... When they need blacklight effects, they use UV-C tubes, but when it comes to sterilization they use blacklight effects?

@Steve Mclean Are you talking about my wife?! Or my prenuptial contract? Or that little blue pill?

[@gordonlawrence1448]

@Ronald Delvax that's because it's geniarse not genius.

[@realname3538]

Because China really does not like the western world, especially the United States. Want to disinfect something that possibly has a contagious disease on it? Well, We are going to give you a regular UV light that won't do that at all. Want a nice UV effect for a party or concert? We are going to give you a UV-C light that will damage your skin and eyes!

[@XianHaos]

The demand for one makes the other cheaper. Hence the switcheroo shenanigans.

[@Polite_Cat]

@@realname3538 I dont think that's typical. They may not like westerners but I dont think they would pay the extra money (I imagine large UVC tubes are much more expensive then regular black lights) to make each one. I think it's more simple then that - greed. Just use whatever is least expensive and whatever you can get away with.

[@erik_theautotech]

As an auto technician I have that same lamp. We tend to use them for Air conditioning leak diagnoses. Some vehicles come pre charged with dye. Some we have to add it.

[@johnwang9914]

These lamps were probably never designed as sterilizing wands but just blacklights for say auto technicians for the very purpose you mentioned. Somebody just saw the COVID-19 issue as a marketing opportunity and scooped up a bunch of these barely UV-A lights and labeled them as sterilizing lamps. It's more an indication of a lack of regulation. Just look at the products sold as cold medications in America back around 1900 or even the Whitehouse flouting hydroxychloroquine. All countries will have people willing to scam their fellow citizens if allowed to do so and often the scammers just turn a blind eye to the product and the science so they can claim deniability. Unfortunately it takes government regulation to prevent products like this. We only see more products like this from China because they are less regulated, essentially because they are less "socialist" than the US. We need to be asking marketplaces such as Amazon to better regulate themselves or asking our government's to penalize companies like Amazon for marketing these products.

[@ThatsViews]

@@johnwang9914 I picked one up for £3.00 (new & boxed) from a charity shop. The box describes it as an Eyeshield LED work lamp. The magnetic base and does indicate that it is for auto workshops. Though there is a tiny, barely readable badly printed sticker (which is upside down, too) which states "UV light steriliz... ...geable Disinfection Lamp New. Made in China" so clearly there has been a half-arsed attempt to re-brand them as disinfection lights.

[@johnwang9914]

@@ThatsViews A bit ironic for them to label the near UV light as "Eyeshield" given that true UV-C light can blind you and of course should not be visible. Of course any plastic near the LED's such as a transparent plastic cover indicates that it isn't UV-C and most likely just near ultraviolet blue light. An actual single UV-C LED would be packaged in metal with a transparent quartz cover and cost in excess of $20 US. It's amazing what people will try to get away with during an emergency like the pandemic, even more amazing what people will accept.

[@brucegoatly]

Regarding fluorescein green dye: back in the 60s I lived in Nottingham, and in the past, close to the somewhat polluted River Trent, was a system of emergency fire hydrants (with a red H instead of black) fed directly from the Trent after coarse filtration to remove stuff like dead rats - no further treatment other than the addition of fluorescein to act as a warning. So when a couple of workmen used a standpipe to draw water from one of these hydrants, their tea was a remarkable fluorescent green. Their comment was 'We had worse during the war'.

[@soupflood]

What could be worse than fluorescent, dirty tea water? Why, that same water but with dead rats in it, of course! That's the difference between peace and war.

[@Markus0021]

@@soupflood "I'd like one cup of tea without so much rat in it, please." (Any Monty Python aficionados out there?)

[@seriesioo374]

Bahaha I love this, greetings from Canada

[@SigEpBlue]

Sounds like Lake Erie water, in a few past summers. Mmm, mmm: algae-licious!

[@DogsBAwesome]

Everybody knows getting through a world war makes you immune to poisoning and according to my neighbour highly infectious viruses. FYI my neighbour has got the message now thank goodness.

[@wwsxa39]

"But it is purple" so it must be sterlilzing. Just ask Mary.

[@Chorkaloopa]

.... and it has electrolytes!

[@Sharklops]

the wind cries, and so do the rest of us

[@soupflood]

Who's Mary

[@budel1990]

@@soupflood I think he means Mary Mallon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon

[@kwinzman]

Scammer Mary

[@Berkeloid0]

I'd love to see someone try to get a refund on one of these because the UVC has made the resin deteriorate - what's the seller going to say, you're lying because it's not really UVC? Oh well then I'd like a refund because it's not really UVC then, thanks.

[@gregorythomas333]

Brilliant :)

[@Berkeloid0]

@@teebosaurusyou How? If it's not UVC it's UVA which isn't going to cause you much harm...

[@MrK00T]

I just did that dumb mistake of buying this exact same one and was wondering what should I add to my return text and make sure I get a real chance at getting a refund. Thanks for the help!

[@Berkeloid0]

​@@MrK00T I plan to complain that when I shine it on my skin it doesn't smell of burning, which means it's not UVC so I'd like to return it because it was falsely advertised. The real question is whether the seller will give you a refund or require you to ship it back to China, which is very expensive, in the hope that it will make you give up asking for a return/refund.

[@waltp3373]

@@Berkeloid0 If it's false advertising, ebay may step in and force them to give you a refund without sending it back. It's worth a try. If enough people ask for refunds, maybe it'll force these crooks to stop selling them. I did that on a MP3 player from China that was advertised as 8GB and was actually less than 1 GB because they manipulated the software to show 8GB but you couldn't load even 1GB.

[@stanleydenning]

Companys who falsely advertise their products should be severely fined or put out of business. Stop the lies!

[@fancysnake1]

That might be the case in other parts of the world but not from China sadly.

[@jasonudall8614]

Baby milk adulterating companies have had their directors imprisoned for LIFE for that crime.....the Chinese can act where they chose chose

[@jfan4reva]

Since it's not harmful UVC, they'll probably claim the Chinese equivalent of "no harm, no foul". From what I've heard from someone who lived there for the last 10 years, everyone is just trying to make money, regardless of the method.

[@thomasneal9291]

they're actually doing the world a favour, since people are too fucking stupid to realize that waving around a uv lamp is not going to save you from getting a virus, but it WILL cause skin and cornea damage.

[@FireAngelOfLondon]

@@jasonudall8614 Those were Chinese babies, what happens to foreigners is of no importance. BMW took a Chinese motor manufacturer to court for copying one of their cars. The cars differed only in their badges, you could even swap things like valve seals and piston rings so the Chinese motor company had reverse engineered the BMW design to less than a 1/10000th of an inch. They even used the same microprocessor and firmware in the electronic ignition system, though the circuit board was marked in Chinese only rather than in German and Chinese like the BMW product. The court ruled that BMW had no claim as the "slight resemblance" was coincidence. If it had been a rival Chinese motor manufacturer such a ridiculous ruling would never have been issued.

[@daShare]

The LEDs not strobing would be essential to avoid possible mishaps when viewing rotating machinery.

[@lpsowns]

Is this how you're supposed to shine the light to sterilize your insides...?

[@wargamingrefugee9065]

Thank you Professor Farnsworth.

[@bills6093]

@@lpsowns No, they do it via an LED and a needle/catheter to pass your blood through the LED light.

[@johnemajor]

@@lpsowns Yes, you stick it up your bum. But you also have to inject a little disinfectant.

[@scottmarshall6766]

@@lpsowns That's real and it's done with fiber optics, not new tech either. Remember you can't believe what you see on the news these days, they all have an agenda, and it's far from reporting scientific (or any other) facts.

[@werza]

And so the hunt for a true uv-c led goes on!

[@bigclivedotcom]

They are available on eBay, but you have to specifically look for the little gold squares. I bet a manufacturer starts making fake gold UVC LEDs soon.

[@covishen]

That wand would work pretty well at finding the urine spots that one of my cats left all over the house with her UTI.

[@Muonium1]

@@bigclivedotcom You mention in the video that they're "barely on the edge of the germicidal range" but really the ones i've seen are 265 or 270nm which is EXACTLY in the middle of the germicidal effectiveness peak and should make that light even more effective than the 254nm light from Hg. Buy one!!! I wanna see how much light they make and what you can do with it!!!

[@Muonium1]

@ThePacman300 thats very surprising given the absorption band maxima for oxygen molecules is significantly lower than 265nm. what led is it

[@originalmianos]

I got an LG UVC LED at 270nm. That is right in the sterilisation range. The part is designed for sterilisation applications. I got it for my fish tank to keep the algae down. Drove it with a laser constant current board. It lasted about a year.

[@cmdrlars9161]

I love how the PCB says on it that it is a work lamp made last year, they just changed the LED strip for purple LEDs.

[@mysterythecat971]

Aliexpress has thousands of these....

[@johnrehwinkel7241]

If it were UVC, that plastic window would absorb most of it anyway.

[@BloodAsp]

That depends on the type of plastic. As far as I know, not all materials do absorb UVC.

[@fss1704]

heyou yeah but if you know a kind of plastic that does that for less price than the metal version you could make some good money selling that to manufacturers.

[@mikemondano3624]

Acrylics with no additives allow UV-C to pass.

[@Now_lets_get_this_straight]

Mike Mondano, I thought quartz glass was the only glass that allowed UVC to pass. Regular glass offers protection but I never heard anything about using plastic.

[@FireAngelOfLondon]

@@Now_lets_get_this_straight Many clear plastics pass UVC but they still aren't useful for this kind of thing because if exposed to UVC they quickly become cloudy, brittle and crumbly. A few specialist UVC resistant plastics exist but quartz glass is cheaper so they are only used in cases where impact resistance and UVC transparency are both needed.

[@brian954]

“Work lamp” stamped right on to the board 🤦‍♂️ They just have no shame.

[@mrdicks]

possibly it was manufactured as a "work lamp black light detector" before the pandemic and shameless sellers repackaging their existing stock

[@johncrowerdoe5527]

That stamp is a clear warning from the design engineer: This is a work lamp, not anything else. If someone claims otherwise, shame on them.

[@steviebboy69]

@Steve Mclean He buy's them and then tests them so we don't find out the hard way. good work ol' Clive is doing .

[@askjacob]

better than "Don't Work" i guess

[@Mentorcase]

@Brian Nichols Would you rike some shame, we have a vast stock avarlable for quickly dispatch to you?

[@rickyao2468]

This is actually in the casing of an Astro Pneumatic LED COB light, which I believe you did a review on as well! I've seen variants of this floating around eBay and Amazon.

[@RFC3514]

Considering the incompetence of humans in general, fake UV lamps will probably end up causing *_less_* harm than real ones.

[@TheToastPeople]

Yep

[@danlolley7549]

We use uv lights like that to test for air conditioning leaks on cars after adding the uv dye.

[@raymondpenn1066]

It should be possible to get a rough idea of the wavelength of the light produced using a diffraction grating. A very rusty bell from A-level physics in the 80s is ringing in my head. Should in theory at least prove that the light being emitted is at least too far in to the visible spectrum to be UVc. Then the lack of a metal case around the LED although the less consciencious sellers woul dprobably just get their suppliers to paint them.

[@jackvernian7779]

if it's monochromatic you can exactly tell the wavelength, not just "rough idea". That is if you know the periodicity of the diffraction grating.

[@scottbrown4611]

Bigclive, thanks for shedding some real truth on the LED UVC sellers and what we as consumers looking need to watch out for. A great channel and I always get excited when I see a new video notification come over.

[@kellymuk9079]

So can some one please direct me to buy a legit UVC Steriliser

[@ColinHuth]

Explain Big Clive to girlfriend, open KZbin to illustrate, this video was posted seven seconds ago. Fate smiles upon us this glorious Big Clive day.

[@Ragnarok540]

What did said girlfriend said? Also, what's is a girlfriend?

[@SigEpBlue]

@@Ragnarok540 LoL Beat me to it.

[@brendandoherty2159]

@@Ragnarok540 It's a rubberized inflatable doll manufactured for guys who HAVE been married before and see no need to put up with endless amounts of drama!!!

[@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse]

Does she have sparks flying out her rear end :D

[@WineScrounger]

We need to know what she thinks. Is she a convert to the cause?

[@Corgitronics]

Interesting light. On that second FET that bridges the 33K resistor, it looks like when the charger is connected, the light will automatically turn off because of the 20K pull up. That would allow the light to be left in the ON position while charging, and if the power failed, the light would turn on like an emergency light? Just my random thoughts.

[@G0NMY]

I think this needs to be brought to the attention of Trading Standards dont you? Especially amidst the corvid-19 pandemic. People could well become infected while thinking they are safe due to using such a device. And yes I have seen you testing the units on your other youtube video. Thanks Clive

[@hotdogs1026]

Bet you're on Beijing's Most Wanted list mate. Lol 14:41 I thought this was a family friendly channel! 🤣🤣🤣

[@johncrowerdoe5527]

He was illustrating a corn cob covered in butter. Very family friendly.

[@jfan4reva]

It was a long lonely winter on the Isle of Mann, and now they've got social distancing on top of that! Lol!

[@corneldesign2482]

Hey how about 59s uv sterilizer wand? Please make a video for that.

[@soupflood]

it's a _homeopathic_ uv-c light, the seller probably couldn't find the word... It emits the barest _whiff_ of uv-c, for _the strongest effect_ against the transparent plastic

[@jasonudall8614]

Woo

[@andyowens5494]

Jason Udall ...han.

[@soupflood]

I see what you two did there

[@LexTNeville]

Juuuust incase you're not up to date with your science, water _is_ capable of retaining memory through dilution and homeopathic medicine consistently outperforms placebo in all serious laboratory tests. For further reading, see the works of Nobel Laureate Luc Montagnier

[@andyowens5494]

LexTNeville ha ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Oh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ahh. Thats funny. EDIT: Yes to Nobel award winner, but then sadly lost his marbles. The only publication on high dilutions (nothing to do with homeopathy by the way - "cannot extrapolate it to the products used in homeopathy" a quote from Montagnier himself) has never been successfully peer reviewed, and has only been published in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences, where he is (was?) also chairman of the editorial board (so hardly independently verified). Keep up with real science - it works by weeding out the nonsense, which is why we have medicines and treatments that actually work, and an understanding of the universe that’s consistent with how the universe actually works (not how people think or want it to work).

[@aldamnation]

Why not test some of these fake lights and the genuine uvc lights out on some agar plates inoculated with bacteria, we all know what the results would be but it would be interesting to see.

[@bigclivedotcom]

I've just used a UV sensor chip to test them. They are just near-UV lights.

[@jotatsu]

Amazon is crowded with this stuff too, from 10 pages of products, maybe 1 contains real UVC leds.

[@KeoniPhoenix]

eBay and Amazon are the places Chinese manufactures have been going to peddle their wares on the unsuspecting.

[@dalebertdurando1496]

Plus they don't have any agency approvals. They bypass the safety agencies (UL, TUV, CSA, etc) by selling this way.

[@philtaylor3098]

Both will do nothing to stampout these products.

[@marc-andreservant201]

There are legitimate UVC LED chips for water sterilization in applications where the disposal of mercury lamps would pose a problem. They are definitely NOT blue and emit almost no visible light.

[@attilarivera]

Oh 😨 That is why the UV inks I use did not react with this type of LED. I thought my paints were out of date. Lol Thank u

[@sangarp2001]

buy "UVC" germicidal lamp from UK ,USA or Japan.

[@frunkchungus]

Shame of how many outfits are taking advantage of the current climate. Great content as always Clive & a good watch, thank you from Minnesota, USA. Stay safe my friend!

[@kimsleep4111]

Its true , they are taking advantage of people, but these things often sell for less than $10.00, which should THEORHETICALLY tell you something, almost immediately

[@noakeswalker]

You've got hold of some sort of UVC sensor now Clive ? Is it wideband or only for specific wavelengths ? Does it cover UVB too ? Tell us more please - with all this UVC fakery around, it's pretty relevant !

[@ADR69]

The quack product videos are my favorite

[@bigclivedotcom]

Mine too. There's always something pleasing about quackery.

[@johngarritzcx6733]

Were most People want to buy nrat thins Clive goes for thè QUACKEY things 😊😊😂😂

[@johngarritzcx6733]

XD

[@alanmumford8806]

I was looking at these on EBay yesterday and you have confirmed my suspicions. I considered buying a 'real' UVC lamp but, in all honesty, I can't think how I would actually use one in my apartment, since I don't want to destroy all of the plastic materials in my home. Such as the TV, fake wooden flooring etc... Not sure how the houseplants would like it either.

[@chloebearuk9200]

I got one of these from ebay and I've been waving this thing around the room like crazy because I thought it's the real uv light that kills viruses until I watched this video lol.

[@bill-nolastnamesupplied-958]

On the other hand it may have saved you your eyesight by being a fake UVC light. The real UVC lights tend to have safety interlocks to stop you damaging your skin and eyes (and others' skin and eyes too).

[@HealthySleepGroup]

waving it around achieves absolutely nothing .. even if it was the real thing

[@evensgrey]

UVA will cure the UV-curing resins used in most SLA 3D printers. At least, it will cure the types that are similar to dental resins. (Dentist have been using UV curing resins as fillings since the 1970's. I asked my dentist asked a while back, and the UV used to cure dental resins is just inside the UVA band, so it's pretty safe, even on tissue with little to no UV resistance, like the lining of the mouth.)

[@bigclivedotcom]

Many of the dental resins use blue light to cure.

[@CoolJosh3k]

I suspect many are resellers who themselves are being scammed from their product provider.

[@shardlake]

China, just keep on making us proud....

[@RIXRADvidz]

if you want an ultraviolet light show that will blow your mind, shine the light on a hotel room's linens and then strip the bed and light up the mattress , try not to scream as the Jackson Pollock of bodily fluids reveals itself to you. just pick up your bags and back out of the room

[@bigclivedotcom]

I've no desire to do that, but had the same result when I moved in here and was playing with a UV light when I discovered that the previous resident had very wide toilet spray technique.

[@turbomar6667]

It has become apparent that many Chinese mainland sellers have no morals and are soly driven by greed. Very troubling

[@tesmith47]

Yep, they learned from the best, USA!!

[@turbomar6667]

@@tesmith47 care to explain because that doesn't make any sense

[@tesmith47]

@@turbomar6667 which successful capitalist country had a Era of robber barons, a history of cheating,stealing,and unfair dealing all over the world?

[@turbomar6667]

@@tesmith47 OIC, You have a point

[@jamestheotherone742]

@15:40 and that is what those are really made for, used all the time in aircraft overhaul and engine re-manufacture. But some enterprizing and unethical person with a stock or the production of these sniffed an opportunity to take advantage of the gullible pandemic fear.

[@DavidBTB]

I was inspired by your videos to buy a Mercury UVC tube from a water filtration company and built a death-ray closet in my pantry. SSR and a switch so it only turns with the door closed.

[@tootalldan5702]

I hope you don't smell the sweet air of ozone as a side effect. You can put a rubber balloon in there and see if the rubber decays to broken pieces by the effect.

[@johncrowerdoe5527]

Beware of the current leakage in SSRs.

[@Vokabre]

I've sadly seen one rather popular radio person advertising what looked like a similar quackery, fortunately fake lights aren't seem to be that popular. The current advancement in quackery that have reached the part of the world i am in, are "virus blocking" "air doctor" badges.

[@dogwalker666]

Could this be a urine detector or for reading ink from those security pens?

[@bigclivedotcom]

It might work for both those, but probably wouldn't be as good as the deeper UVA tubes.

[@dogwalker666]

@@bigclivedotcom I see

[@ianboard544]

I am disturbed by the prevalence of these lamps on Amazon. It is taking advantage of people's gullibility during a health crisis. Amazon should pull these products. Real UVC LEDs are rare things - they have metal cans with quartz windows. And they tend to be pricey.

[@fluffycritter]

I’m starting to think these videos need a drinking game associated with them.

[@linswad]

“UVC” - Drink!

[@mattmanyam]

Take a shot every time he says the word "shall".

[@Dcoool77]

Why not use A Euro (€) bill to detect UV-C light, as a security feature some print detail only shows up in UV-C illumination.

[@andresilva8444]

Glad you’re doing these videos. Even sceptical me would have been fooled by some of these. Thank you for the service provided.

[@jackvernian7779]

if the light looks purple it's mostly due to our vision, in reality it's just "blue". Ultraviolet is basically "beyond violet" or more accurately "beyond deep blue" which we see as purple.

[@andresilva8444]

Jack Vernian I’m a moderate deutan, for me it’s on or off. No way I can tell purple, blue, cyan, etc.

[@andrewmuelleranantababaji8073]

I saw article from university calling to develop led uvc light diodes, so believe it's safe to assume you cant buy led diode light that is UV C, must buy a mercury UVC bulb! I got burned by purple blue disco bulb called it sterilizing doesnt do anything, bought mercury 25 watt UVC bulb that's made with glass so emits ozone also real deal unless you want to go ozone free bulb must be made of quartz instead of glass

[@MrBinabanana]

It may be intended for use in the automotive industry for identifying tracer dye used to locate leaks in vehicle air conditioning systems.

[@dashcamandy2242]

14:39 - Demonetized. LOL This purple wand, aside from being rather pretty, is definitely useful under the hood (bonnet) of the car. Not only will the yellow/green coolant fluoresce without the need for leak-detection additives (I've never tried it on GM's DexCool, nor on Toyota's red coolant), but you can use it (deliberately in the nighttime or very dark lighting) to find small wisps of smoke under the hood, which is helpful for tracing odd smells from a running engine. The UV-reactive leak detection dye is often used also for finding leaks in A/C systems - both in home and auto applications - I see others have commented as well about this.

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

The light of the ice blue LEDs is really pretty. It's my favourite colour, and I didn't even know that they existed. I shall get hold of some of these LEDs and make a light from them, just for my own personal pleasure of looking at it.

[@sinista6536]

Seegal Galguntijak The ambient lighting and speedo etc in my car is this colour, it’s beautiful

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

@@sinista6536 What make and model is your car? (I only know blue from the early 2000s VWs, but they have a much darker blue)

[@sinista6536]

Seegal Galguntijak Ford Fiesta Zetec S but I’ve resoldered the ambient lighting to match the speedo and dash ice blue

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

@@sinista6536 I see. I always thought that Ford had green or white speedo illumination, so I guess yours is a custom job. Nice! Although too much work for my car and what it's worth (besides, I don't think my '99 Seat has LEDs already, but still small bulbs, and it's all red :( )

[@sinista6536]

Seegal Galguntijak No, most if not all Fords have blue speedo illumination after about 2013, except for ST models that have red. The only things I modified were the cupholders light rings, strip above the glovebox and the door cars lights. And yeah at that age it probably is small bulbs although you may be surprised. It’s cheap enough to do, I think I paid £7 for a cheapo soldering iron and then about £3 for a load of ice blue SMD LEDs

[@LUFCCitroen]

Can we get an update on your eBay response and claim. Do they actually know who you are? I’m sure if they did they wouldn’t question the facts.

[@LiLi-or2gm]

Oh, these need to be branded with Trump's name and advertised as a rectally inserted "light cleanser."

[@gorak9000]

It's even the right shape to use it "inside the body" :)

[@TheAmazingAdventuresOfMiles]

Perhaps Trump can show us where to insert one to cure us of Stupiditis?

[@keeperofthecheese]

"I want to return this carvery meal, it appears to be a sausage roll on a cardboard plate." "WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT? IT HAS MEAT IN IT, HASN'T IT? YES IT HAS."

[@markfergerson2145]

Do I hear that in CMOT Dibbler's voice? Yes, I do!

[@arnaudmenard5114]

Those are bleak words coming from you... CMOT Dibbler’s sausage in a bun... I don’t reckon what’s in them can still be called meat!

[@Teribus13]

I mean, it is a vegan sausage roll, but it still counts as meat doesn't it?

[@tonywalton1464]

But I paid for named meat

[@markfergerson2145]

@@tonywalton1464 It's got a name, "Sausage onna bun". No refunds.

[@Spirit-Life980]

Why you still buying from China for anyway? I think it's pretty obvious what they are all about...

[@Ted_P]

Ok. This one looks more suitable for internal use.

[@evilutionltd]

I think thousands of us should buy one and then raise a complaint. It won't take long for them to get the idea.

[@tomhood8897]

Excellent demonstration of big cob shucking!!!

[@tjsynkral]

Clive, I have been looking for a UVA+UVB LED lamp to replace a T5 bulb for my reptiles. No reputable pet supplier makes one but there are tons of them from China with 5 star reviews saying “my pet loves it.” I think they are fakes and anyone buying these lamps are slowly killing their pets. Do you think you could touch on that in a video?

[@bigclivedotcom]

I don't know of any common UVB LEDs. I'd suggest keeping using a fluorescent lamp.

[@CadillacM]

They selling on Amazon also

[@theonlywoody2shoes]

I’ve seen a very similar circuit in a rechargeable night light. The R7 value was 8k2, not 33k. When on charge the LEDs lit dimly as a night light, but when the downward pointing cylindrical torch style night light was removed from the mains plug charger (or the mains failed) it came on at full brightness.

[@stuartmcconnachie]

2:05 Yes it is sterilisable. Wipe it down with some bleach or alcohol! Before doing this you should of course turn it OFF. There, see, it has sterilisation function - an ON/OFF switch!

[@jp040759]

Great few videos on the LED UVC quackery. I was looking at all of what's out there but will definitely look elsewhere for glass tube styles only. You confirmed my suspicions of fakery. THANX

[@lmorrison17]

I have one of these with white leds. Its a knock off of a more expensive but for the price its fantastic for working on a car and getting into a hard to reach/see area.

[@bigclivedotcom]

They are very good. I made a video about the astro version and clones.

[@tofu86oc55]

they have uvc light meters. it'd be interesting to see how much/little light they emit, and compare that to the amount necessary to disinfect

[@superbmediacontentcreator]

The problem is that you made a declaration of fake UVC without using any detection devices as you would do for components. You should validate an assumption using real science, not assumptions with a device such as a UVC meter.

[@bigclivedotcom]

The construction of an actual UVC LED is very specific due to the destructive nature of the wavelength. None of these were UVC.

[@superbmediacontentcreator]

@@bigclivedotcom I understand but the is an audio-visual medium and at least using one of the UVC disclosing cards would maintain your normally high technical standard.

[@Sillyzombie666]

so im a fan love your videos, so i dabble in electronics and i do haunted houses. so a prop i made like 10 years ago has been getting tons of baddly written responses asking if i would be willing to market or sell. so the prop i made was a black light led gas mask, cheap black mouth n nose covering duel filter mask but with black light leds in it and uv paint on the grills. so i keep having people messaging me thinking these are gas masks that use uv light as a filter and recently people keep asking if it will fight corona. if you would like i can send you the link and a couple of the messages i still have

[@twocvbloke]

Of course it's genuine, it's from china after all... :P

[@jfan4reva]

Internet + China = double genuine!!!!

[@MegaSmiley]

Do you report the fake product to eBay? Do you also try to get your money back on obvious fraud?

[@davemune7505]

the Chines actually have a word for it . 能骗就骗 (if you can cheat, then cheat)

[@bigclivedotcom]

Others have mentioned a cultural thing of creating fake products sold with theatre. I'm not sure if that's true or not.

[@robburdack4361]

Be better used for air con leak testing then coolant

[@Romin.777]

Glad i found a real one wich also produces the unmistakeable smell of ozon. It's like a fluorecent tubelight in the same 8 watt armature with a clear glass tube. It also takes a while to start up. Found it on ebay uk but they are not available anymore.

[@robertsteich7362]

Just over a month ago I purchased 2 UVC portable light. Just like the quartz you shown in a previous video. Unfortunately the seller was taken off of eBay for whatever reason. I know I have a germicidal type of UVC because I do smell that ozone smell. So at least I have that...

[@TheSugus38]

If you can smell it, you are too close to it. We use them at work. They can make you blind or cause skin cancer btw.

[@jonathancube]

how about 59s products?

[@cliffcarlo180]

My brain hurts now but in conclusion, it's fake. Thank you for taking the time to post this very informative and helpful video.

[@nigelhall6714]

Big Clive. We all love your videos. Highly informative, humorous and well narrated. Thanks and stay safe.

[@standolfo]

Fuck I got scammed again!!🙄🙄🙄😠😠😠

[@bigclivedotcom]

You and many others.

[@SubsurfaceMedia]

Fwiw, current practical UVC LEDs cost about $35 per chip. Most all of these consumer LED based UVC gadgets are frauds.

[@taffythegreat1986]

I’m glad that found this video. Because I am thinking of making something with uvc leds. I had a few companies lined up as well. Cheers for that 👍👍👍👍

[@nathantron]

I love watching clive reverse engineer these scams. :3 Hope things are safe in your area Clive. I'm sure you've got UVC lights blasting your entire property like a security grid! haha, kidding.

[@nicholasoas9282]

Thats not uvc but its an uva

[@carlo0810]

Hi, you think you can do a review of 59s UVC LED products? Thanks

[@Agent24Electronics]

I don't know what's more amusing, fake UV-C LEDs or the backward-coloured battery wires...

[@AMStationEngineer]

What about "UVC Ultraviolet Lamp Germicidal Sterilization Disinfection Quartz Light Tube T5" which have shown up, literally overnight on esomething??

[@MrWayneploof]

I am glad i watched your video I almost clicked buy now on this same one thanks for the info

[@AwsomeVids83]

Can you get one of those proper UVC leds? I would be really interested in seeing that!

[@blakehendrix641]

How do you get a real one?

[@laniguapolaca]

Thank you very much for your technical expertise and exposing this consumer thieves

[@dgflame]

I got same one I need to replace this with maximum number of UVC LED, I don't know how much Power this 30LED are using, but uvc take more Power, how much uvc Led I can use with this .. pls help me

[@wrOngplan3t]

I got this exact lamp, well, almost, mine doesn't have the ball-joint and magnet. It just got this silly lid thing on the end which is just held on by friction (not threads). I was wondering what that was for. I suspected it wasn't UV-C btw, which it claimed on the website. I was just curious about it (also bought another which is UV-C).

[@keveen2]

Yes problem identified. If the LEDs are at the correct frequency they will sterilise but I was thinking the same thing - how do I know! What about 59S products - they have a website, go to trade shows etc?

[@WereReallyRelayCamping]

Bleach. Fixes all. True. Not fake news. I've seen bleach and it works, it's the best, best ever, nothing beats bleach. Except coifefefe

[@MrJozza65]

I've seen UVC quartz bulbs with filaments on eBay; are they UVC or not?

[@bigclivedotcom]

Yes, they're real but require suitable drive circuitry. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3PVfZiFi6d2l6c

[@MrJozza65]

@@bigclivedotcom Perfect, thanks!

[@kuhndj67]

ANY uv source that doesn't need shielding will not be able to sterilize on any sort of reasonable time frame anyway... and any source strong enough to use as this device is intended would cause permanent eye damage pretty quickly.

[@TechReview2000]

As a rule of thumb if the light isn't a Fluorescent tube it probably isn't UV-C (unless its very low output or really expensive)

[@christopherleubner6633]

Got a whole bunch of UV phone sanitizer boxes and they appeared to have gold UVC LEDs x4 and UVA LEDs x3. Well the wavelength was 365nm for all 7 LEDs SMH. 😢 The real UVC LEDs have a very dim blue visible light and will make the phosphor in a florescent tube glow bright orange or red. The fake ones will be dim purple or blue.❤

[@winko567]

it's so wrong how they scam people like that...

[@djnemesisuk]

I bought a remote control uvc bulb that does normal light and uvc.... but i know it wont be uvc and will be UV which is ehat i actully wanted to use at night for some glow in the dark wallpaper i also bought haha. So for once the epicfail has come in usefull 😂😂

[@drakrulaa3058]

Report these fake UVC's. On ebay click "report item" and select: "Listing practices", "Search and browse manipulation", "Misleading title"

[@Kimmichan36]

Omg i almost bought the exact led lamp, but my gut told me to buy ones in a tube cuz i dont think led lamps are that potent for germs and stuf.. thanks daddy biglivedotcom