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Chinese UV Eraser Lifespan
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:41 am
by The1
Well one of mine just died, bulb burnt out, estimated to have done about 85hrs of erasing
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onto the next one, what sort of life has everyone else been getting? Not bad for the $12 in the end.
Re: Chinese UV Eraser Lifespan
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:55 am
by delcowizzid
ive had mine since the beginning be easy 8 to 10 years and going strong LOL
Re: Chinese UV Eraser Lifespan
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:00 pm
by Holden202T
yeah im in about the same boat as delcowizzid, not sure on the amount of eproms in it but i've had it since 2003/4 i think.
Re: Chinese UV Eraser Lifespan
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:02 pm
by Jayme
yeah my switch died and i twitched it up to bypass it and lost the knob... but its still going
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in the early days I used to have issues with having to smack it to get it going coz the bulb was going at half brightness, but that sort of went away lol
Re: Chinese UV Eraser Lifespan
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:11 pm
by Holden202T
enough whacks to beat it into submission hehehe
Re: Chinese UV Eraser Lifespan
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:19 pm
by The1
Yeh the timer thing never worked on mine, i had the lid off to so i could fit the larger memcals in, didn't even bother using the tray ever!
Re: Chinese UV Eraser Lifespan
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:23 pm
by delcowizzid
my tray has a memcal slot cut in it but i have the lid unscrewed and just drop memcals and eproms in from above.the timer is in hours not minutes i use a stopwatch LOL and turn it with pliers due to no knob to get the lid off.bulbs can be bought local for cheap.
Re: Chinese UV Eraser Lifespan
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:42 pm
by Jayme
must be from a different chinese place... my timer wokrs fine andi s in minutes
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Re: Chinese UV Eraser Lifespan
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 2:10 pm
by Dazza92VP
My one must of been a made on a friday job. timer doesn't make any sense first mark is 12 mins the second is around 34 mins I'm same as delcowizzid use a stop watch
Re: Chinese UV Eraser Lifespan
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:28 pm
by Holden202T
i normally go to 2 on mine and that is about 15 minutes!