Hitachi UV Cut Fluorescent Tube
We all know too much sun can cause sunburn, premature ageing of the skin and worse – that’s why we ‘slip, slop, slap’ and keep an eye on the daily UV index.
But did you know too many UV rays inside can be harmful as well? Just ask any retailer with a shop full of fading or damaged merchandise and display materials.
UV rays emitted from interior pelmet, display and ceiling lighting can cause premature colour fading in all sorts of retail products – from jeans to magazine covers and everything in between.
UV rays can also result in light fittings becoming brittle and potentially dangerous over time as well as attracting swarming insects and bugs which die in the fitting and require constant maintenance. Prolonged exposure to UV rays are also potentially harmful to human eyes.
But the latest in the range of Hitachi UV-cut fluorescent tubes – the 28W T5 UV-cut thin fluorescent tubes reduce UV rays by 75%.
The lamps are coated on the inside with a UV light-reducing material making them gentle on eyes, skin and the merchandise.
Hitachi and their Australian distributor ANL Lighting, said the new 28W T5s also boast a longer 25,000 hour life, a low mercury content level of 2.5mg and increased operating efficiencies.
Available in warm and cool white, natural and daylight, the T5 UV-cut tubes have a colour spectral and colour rendering very close to natural light and for that reason are the lamp of choice for many art galleries around the world.
ANL expects demand for the Hitachi T5 UV-cut to come from the retail and restaurant industries as well as office, medical and education sectors.
