UV BlackLights Glow Put School Project

I enjoyed reading your things to consider before buying UV Blacklights. My son is working on a Glow Put school project. My experience has only been with fluorescent tubes (GE and SaberLux). His project involves a 60x80 foot room with 14" ceilings. How does the throw affect radiation values when applying the 1wt UV per 100 sq ft rule? Just trying to help him educate his "team" on what it is really going to take to make this successful. 

Our realUV LED strip lights sound like a great alternative to UV fluorescent lamps for your son's project!

Our general recommendation to provide 1 watt of UV radiation for every 100 square feet assumes that the UV is relatively diffused and distributed across the entire space. As such, it does not account for the directional nature of the LED strips should they be used to illuminate a specific area.

Below is an irradiance pattern document showing the irradiance values at particular angles and distances relative to the LED strip light. For general fluorescence, we recommend aiming for a minimum of 10 µW/cm² for sufficient "glow" effects.

https://www.waveformlighting.com/photometrics/BP_7021.pdf

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