Gerry, There are a couple of options, depending on what you are looking for. We use UV illumination mostly looking for conformal coat residues or coverage. Dazor lamps are pretty good and you can get circular black light bulbs for them. Allows UV illumination and magnification. There are UV fluorescent lights, usually around the 22 watt level that can be used for illumination. Most available at a home center (used for plant growth). We have found that if you use some of the UV LED flashlights that are on the market, they allow you a good level of illumination, low power consumption and you can get very close to what you want to examine. Low Cost, works well. Here is an example: http://www.ledwholesalers.com/store/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=56 Doug Pauls From: Gerry Gagnon <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Date: 02/08/2013 08:55 AM Subject: [TN] UV lamps for inspection Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> Hi Technetters, Long time lurker looking for information and recommendations for a UV wand (or lamp) for occasional use to inspect surfaces for fluorescent contaminants. My biggest concern is safety, i.e. user precautions. After that I am looking for advice on the correct wavelength UV source for general electronic product use such as PCB, connector, PCBA, and plastic product surfaces. TIA, Gerry ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________