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May 25 2020

How to use Clean X UV light

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Clean X offers UV light sanitizing when you book our disinfection services.

In addition, our UV lights are for sale or for rent so you can disinfect your space yourself.

Please read our previous post on how ultraviolet lights can kill germs, including viruses.

Because UV lights produce a high energy light, it may become harmful to people and animals.

It is therefore very important for you to READ, UNDERSTAND and FOLLOW this guide.

Failure to do so may lead to skin or eye disease.

Also, please handle the device with care as the bulbs are very fragile.

Content of our UV light package

Our UV light

Clean X UV light close up for house and office disinfection

A wireless adapter

A 3 to 2 pin plug adapter

Clean X UV light 3 to 2 pin plug adapter for disinfection

A remote to activate the light wirelessly.

Wireless remote for Clean X UV light disinfection service

Step by step guide on how to use Clean X UV light for home or office disinfection

Step 1: place the light in the room you want to sanitize

Step 2: make sure the light switch is in the OFF position

Step 3: plug the light into the wireless switch, then plug it in your electrical outlet with the 3 to 2 pin plug adapter.

Step 4: make sure the wireless plug adapter is in the OFF position. If you don’t see a red light on the adapter, it means it’s off.

Clean X UV light operation guide for disinfection of your home or office

Step 5: Turn ON the light

Step 6: LEAVE THE ROOM

Step 7: Turn on the wireless adapter via the remote by pressing the red button once. The remote will blink red once confirming the light is now ON.

Step 8: Wait 15 minutes

Step 9: Turn OFF the UV light by pressing the wireless remote once. A blinking red light will flash to confirm the input.

Step 10: After making sure the light is turned OFF, you may enter the room to open the windows. The room must be ventilated for 20 minutes. DO NOT STAY INSIDE as the operation of the UV light leads to a certain odor. DO NOT TOUCH the light as it is VERY HOT.

After the use of the UV light, please CAREFULLY pack it back in its box

For any question about the use of our UV light or for any inquiry of our cleaning and disinfection service, please contact us.

May 25 2020

Are UV lights effective for virus disinfection?

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With the active pandemic, we realized that without a working vaccine, we are ill equipped to fight the battle against new emerging viruses.

Because of the highly contagious property of SARS-NCOV-2 (the virus responsible for COVID-19), we are all looking for ways to disinfect our space, be it at home or in our workplace.

Though we have some ways to minimize our exposure (social distancing), we also have other ways to kill the virus on the surface of our homes or office. One example is chemical disinfectant.

Nevertheless, disinfectants have limitations: they cannot reach porous surfaces like fabrics nor nook and crannies that the user missed.

Fogging disinfectant chemicals is an other solution where the fog created by the mix of water and disinfectant can reach smaller places and allows fast disinfection of huge space. Unfortunately, it is possible for the fog to miss a virus because it is being spread in vast spaces.

Comes an other solution: disinfection through the use of Ultraviolet light or UV light.

What are ultraviolet UV lights?

UV light for rent for house and office in Angeles, Clark, Pampanga Philippines

Ultraviolet is a high energy light created by photons coming from a light source.

In its natural state, UV lights are produced by the sun. Whenever you walk under the sun, you can feel the warmth of it. What you actually feel, is the UV lights generated by the sun.

There are 3 types of UV lights:

UVA: the lowest energy for of UV, it’s mostly responsible for creating warmth and the tanning effect on your skin.

UVB: contains more energy and can be responsible for skin disease if exposed for a very long duration.

UVC: the highest energy category of UV light. Though produced by the sun, we are not affected by it because it is neutralized by the earth’s ozone layer before reaching us.

It is the UVC that has the benefits to kill micro-organism.

How does UV lights kill germs like viruses?

UV lights can penetrate the microbe’s cells and damage their DNA or RNA (for viruses) that contains their genetic codes. Damaged DNA will kill the germs while damaged RNA will not allow the virus to replicate itself.

There’s also evidence that ultraviolet can damage the envelope of a virus and would kill it or would refrain it from attaching itself to our internal cells and avoid an infection.

UVC light for disinfection for home and office use

Who uses UV lights?

Though you might only have heard of it recently but ultraviolet is widely used. Since 1910, it is one of the way we treat water for human consumption.

Lately, some hospitals use devices that generates UV lights to disinfect their rooms, including their operating rooms.

What are the advantages of using UV lights to disinfect a space?

– UV lights don’t use any chemical so it’s environmental friendly.
– They are very easy to use. Just place the light in a room, leave the room and activate it wirelessly.
– They can reach all corners of a room.
– Anything that is in the line of sight of the light will be disinfected.

What are the disadvantages of UV lights?

– UV light is a good solution to disinfect a space but anything that was not in direct line of sight of the light won’t be disinfected.
– UV lights can be harmful to humans if not properly used. For instance, no one must be exposed to the light while in operation. Skin and eye disease might arise if someone has been exposed for some time.

Do’s and don’ts of UV lighting disinfection

Do’s

– DO clean and organize the room before the use of the light so its effect will be maximized.
– DO air the room for 20 minutes after use as an odor is being emanated due to the operations of the light bulb.
– DO handle the light carefully as it is fragile.
– DO use the remote to activate or disactivate the light.

Don’ts

– DO NOT stay in the room when the light is on.
– DO NOT look at the light when in operation
– DO NOT touch the light bulb
– DO NOT touch the light after its operation as it is very hot.

How Clean X can help you with UV lighting disinfection at home or in your establishment

Clean X is your deep cleaning experts. As such, disinfection is one of our core competence. We are using different techniques to clean and disinfect your place. We use steam, disinfectant, fogging and UV light for sanitizing and disinfecting a space.

We can provide our clients UV light disinfection. Also, you can rent our UVC disinfecting light for your own use. We also sell them.

As always, your safety is our priority. We will brief you and expect full compliance for a safe operation of our UV lights. You may visit our UV light operation guide here.

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