UV-395 LED Light

Using a UV Dye Additive, along with our 395nm UV lighting, is ideal for general AC or engine oil leak detection. (The UV Dye fluoresces under 395nm UV light, allowing one to )

Another option, though not as good, is to use a UV Dye Additive, blue spectrum (455nm) light, and amber glasses; the amber glasses filter out most of the blue light, leaving only some UV spectrum light which will still fluoresce the dye and show leaks.



No Degradation Our UV-395 LED lights will not degrade since we use glass lenses. Other UV lights built with multiple T-13/4 epoxy-encapsulated UV LED lamps degrade ~50% after 1,000 hours of use, because the epoxy turns yellow after exposure to UV light.

No Significant Wavelength Shift Our UV-395 LED lights will not have significant wavelength shift because of our optimal heat dissipation LEDs. Other Epoxy-encapsulated UV LED lights tend to shift to a longer wavelength (over 420nm) after being on for a few seconds. The light output changes to a deep blue color; this is caused by generated heat being trapped.

Performance Comparison of SST UV-395 LED lights with Fluorescent UV light

	12V/30W Fluorescent black light*	12V/7W Sunstar25	UV395 Slim Jr	UV395 Slim	UV395 Turbo HL	UV395 8WFP HL	8W-2200 or workstation UV395	12WFP-5200 UV395	8WFP-Twinlight UV395
Input Power	30W	7W	0.7W	2.7W	3.7W	3.7W	3.7W	10.6W	4.5W
Power Source	12V battery	corded	3AAAA	3AAA	2CR123	2CR123	2200 Li-ion or corded**	5200 Li-ion or Corded	corded
Output power		1615mW	30mW	620mW	850mW	850mW	850mW	2446mW	1038mW
Beam type	Flood	Flood (90 degree)	(10 degree)	(14 degree)	Center Spot	(2 degree)	(2 degree)	(3 degree)	(2 degree)
Moonlight distance	30ft	40ft	90ft	90ft (smooth) 150ft (spot)	128ft	250ft	250ft	450ft	250ft
Inspection range	3ft	4ft	8ft	8ft	12ft	25ft	25ft	40ft	25ft

* The fluorescent tube lamp was a 30 W Thin-Lite #116 (Thin-Lite Corp., California) dual tube light fixture, fitted with a pair of F15T8/BLB tubes (Sylvania).
** Current is regulated with AC adapter. UV 395nm LED Light Applications Summary