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UV Maglight

Here's how to transform a regular maglite into a UV maglite using a LED. This is a very easy Instructable and may cost only a few dollars.

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Step 1You Need...

~Needle nose pliers
~Wire cutters
~Mini MagLite
~1/4 in drill bit
~Drill
~UV LED

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10 comments

Sep 29, 2008. 9:08 PMhairyconiption says:

Awsome, where do you get a UV LED though?

Aug 26, 2010. 5:07 AMcasperboy says:

In the netherlands I can buy them at the baco 10 for a few euros.

Mar 13, 2009. 9:47 PMTheDeviant13 says:

radioshack read the other posts

Jan 27, 2010. 5:38 PMmilsorgen says:

$ 1.69 for two.

May 4, 2009. 12:49 PMmfuchs88 says:

so will this light kill germs like the UV wands?

Jan 14, 2010. 2:12 PMAqlor says:

UV light from usual UV leds is not good for killing germs. You can look it up on google, it's very hard to do a LED with the right frequency (deep uv) for killing germs, but once it is easily doable, it will make UV "cleaners" much more cheaper.

Sep 30, 2008. 6:07 AMmedicjm says:

That's cool but can you give the tech specs for the LED?

Sep 30, 2008. 4:02 PMQuiksilverRox (author) says:

Radio Shack
High visibility, T-1 3/4 (5mm)
Intensity: 280mcd (typical)
Wavelength: 395nm (minimum), 410nm (maximum)
Viewing angle: 30°
FW current: 20mA;
FW supply: 3.2 (typical), 3.8V (maximum)

Jan 21, 2009. 12:17 PMj626no says:

thanks for the link...but that LED has three leads....i'm not too familiar with electronics...which two should be used? I know a diode is a "one-way-valve" but with 3 leads i'm just confused.

Jan 21, 2009. 2:47 PMQuiksilverRox (author) says:

One with three leads is either multi-color or one that blinks. Apparently Radioshack just put the wrong image on the page.

see the last review