UV Shield broke on DE bulb fixture now what?

[nightOwl]

Hi all, I dropped my pendant and the glass (UV Shield) broke. Is there anything I can do? Is the glass some special type of glass (I know its UV) but can I go to a local glass shop and have them cut me a piece of UV glass? If so is there a rating i need. It was 400 DE pendant.


Thanks in advance,

Henry

[mrferrit]

you should just go get a piece of tempered glass and reinsert it and it should be fine
there were a few threads recently i read that said to do this
i never have just what i heard
good luck

[DarG]

Two shields that I have had were regular glass but it was fairly thick maybe 3/16". May have been tempered, Im not sure. The glass on my Lumenmax fixtures is very thin, probably 1/16" but it has a coating on I side which I assume is so me type of UV coating. So I think that standard tempered glass may need to be fairly thick to block the UV but I am not sure.

[klasiksb]

You could always call the place that makes your fixture to find out too.

[kgross]

Most pendents use tempered glass. Just call up your local glass shop and have them get you a piece of tempered glass of the correct size and you are good to go.

Kim

[nightOwl]

Thanks everyone. I am not sure who made the pendant as I brought it used. There was no coating on but i was pretty thick and when it broke it shattered into thousands of pieces. Watching it shatter was petty cool. That was following by a bunch of explicitives, but now I am calm...lol. So tempered glass shatters into lots of pieces right? I know there are grades of glass will any tempered glass work?

Thanks again,

Henry

[DarG]

I think any tempered and I would get another piece about as thick as the one that broke just to be safe.

[kgross]

Tempered when it shatters breaks into lots of little peices.

Kim

[nightOwl]

Thanks again. I have a 20 frag tank that i want to set-up so this is a minor setback. I think I will pick up the glass tomorrow and work on the plumbing kinks today.

Henry

[lloydkeller]

tempered glass is fine thats what most are you dont wnt to run without dont want a bulb to pop over the tank

[rbursek]

If it broke into many tiny pieces it is tempered, if it broked into shards {large pieces} plate glass.

[hyperfocal]

Just wondering here... would low-iron glass make a better or worse UV shield? I imagine it'd let more light though, but would it still block UV?

[kgross]

in 1/4 inch or less, I don't think there is much difference in light output.

Kim