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A few safety PSAs on these:

1. This puts out a fair amount of UVC light. Most people are not familiar with this hazard because the atmosphere filters it, but even a modest flux can degrade your eye lenses and give you cataracts. Get a set of safety glasses that explicitly say they block UVC if playing with this for more than a minute or two cumulative. Normally you would use borosilicate glass to filter it, but I would not trust these to use anything other than the cheapest materials.

2. The hazard is "high voltage" but it is 1 MHz, not DC. Conventional wisdoms on DC high voltage insulation isn't sufficient. You need RF safety guidance. If you get your finger within about an inch of the terminals the air will break down and turn your skin into a 50W load. It will smell a lot like burnt plastic, but it is your skin that's been burned. Treat these with respect. They are inherently unsafe because they do not have engineering controls to keep touches away from dangerous locations: a knife with no handle.

In case anyone's wondering: no these aren't really above the level but few enough people are getting hurt and [insert your preferred explanation why society doesn't meet demands] that nothing happens.

Be safe, have fun.

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Unless its quartz glass or something wouldn't it be blocking pretty much all of the UVC?
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Yes I'd wager they're soda lime and ought to filter it. In absence of knowing the material, it's a hazard that can be mitigated with cheap PPE. Everyone can make their own choice, as long as it's informed.
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Seems too inexpensive to be made of quartz to transmit the UVC. Typical glass will absorb it, possibly fluorescing a bit in the visible.
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I wonder how this one works: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xlcywgEMuGI
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Those looks like LED strips inside of frosted tubes. The connectors on the bottom are similar to 3 prong connectors used in LED strips.
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