Sub-Standard Materials
There are several known suppliers of shatterproof lamps to the food industry, supplying both regulated and non regulated materials.
These inferior, non regulated materials include PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate), even if you were to lay your hands on high quality PET it is only suitable for coating T8 lamps, it is not an acceptable material to be used on T5 lamps. Due to the cathode being so close to the glass on a T5 lamp, the heat given off is seriously damaging to the longevity of the material, this along side the potentially high UV output means the material can go brown and brittle, rendering the material useless as a device for retaining the extremely hazards materials used to make a linear fluorescent lamp. Potentially causing loss or injury to a company if a breakage were to occur.
Use of these sub-standard materials within the food industry is not recognised as best practise and does not conform to the IEC/BS EN61549 regulation, in order to conform you need to ensure that FEP material is used.
Beware of suppliers using inferior material, to be sure you are receiving the correct coating visit our Band Colour and FEP Coating pages for more information.
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