is turning it on and off once a day that bad for it? I would think the fact
that I would be running it for 1/3 of the time would outweigh the shortening
of life from the on/off cycles (I would just put it on a timer after all).

"m.dekort" wrote in message
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The bulb life will go way down if you turn it off and on

Christopher wrote:

is it wise to run the UV sterilizer 24 hours a day? assuming that you
only
desire a 99.9% sterilization rate you don't have to run the sterilizer
that
much (depending upon gph through the sterilizer and tank size). I've
read:

9.2 * (tank size / gph through sterilizer) = hours a day UV sterilizer
must
be on to attain 99.9% sterilization rate (assuming uniform mixing). This
said my calculation is at most 7 hours a day, should I just run it for 8
hours a day and save my bulb life and power bill?

Should I run it 24 hours a day to achieve 99.999% sterilization or for 8
hours a day?