Do cold temperatures and air movement affect UVC produced by lamps?
Yes, for the hot cathode UVC lamp. Much like a fluorescent lamp, if you insert this UVC lamp into cold conditions (below 50° F) and/or high wind speeds, the internal temperature is cooled and the ionizing process begins to falter and eventually ceases. There is no heat in the middle of the lamp to keep the process going. Not so for the Clarion cold-cathode UV lamps. Since there is a continuous electrical current across the body of the lamp there is a complete heat source. This means cold temperatures and high air movement around this lamp affect the cold-cathode lamp very little.
