Hardness < 7.0 gpg (120 ppm); Iron < 0.3 ppm; Manganese < 0.05 ppm; Turbidity < 1 NTU, Tannins/Colour: None; UV Transmissivity > 85%

Ring light guides are popular illumination sources due to their even, diffuse illumination. However, glare or reflection of the ring itself may occur. Polarizing the ring light output and the lens separately can reduce these effects, and bring out surface details as seen in Figure 9.

By cross-polarizing light with two linear polarizers that are oriented perpendicularly, hot spots can be reduced or eliminated altogether.

No. UV systems should always be installed as the LAST stage before water gets divided into hot and cold. Never install a UV before any storage tank.

Light is an electromagnetic wave, and the electric field of this wave oscillates perpendicularly to the direction of propagation. Light is called unpolarized if the direction of this electric field fluctuates randomly in time. Many common light sources such as sunlight, halogen lighting, LED spotlights, and incandescent bulbs produce unpolarized light. If the direction of the electric field of light is well defined, it is called polarized light. The most common source of polarized light is a laser.

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If the beeping is intermittent with the green LED ON and a flashing red LED, then it is a lamp-replacement alarm. You can silence this alarm for 7 days by pressing the black button on the ballast. Install a new lamp as soon as possible and reset the timer (instructions are included with the lamp).

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Yes the UV light stays ON all the time, even when you don’t need the water (e.g. during the night). Repeated ON/OFF actually shortens the UV lamp life. However, if you are going away from the house for a week or so, you can turn the UV system OFF. In this case first turn OFF the supply valve before the UV and then turn the UV off. Upon return, first turn the UV system ON, wait for about 10 minutes and then flush the water for a few minutes prior to consumption

It is recommended that you continue to monitor your water safety through regular testing at least 2-3 times a year, even though you have a UV system.

I love this system. We have two cottages on Gambier Island, Howe Sound B.C.. We depend on ground water runoff, run to tanks. The water tests came back perfect after the system was installed. My only wish is that the ultraviolet bulb was LED so it would not consume much power. We have small solar systems.

Once the analyzer has been aligned perpendicularly to the polarizer, an anisotropic, or birefringent, the specimen is placed on the specimen stage. The specimen rotates the polarized light a designated amount, proportional to the specimen thickness (and thus the optical path distance) and the specimen birefringence, before its light reaches the analyzer.

Use only GENUINE RAINFRESH UV Lamps with your UV system. Rainfresh UV lamps are designed with extensive product research and engineering to provide reliable and consistent UV output and performance that ensures the safety of your drinking water. Using non-Rainfresh UV lamps can not only compromise the system performance but also voids the electrical and CSA certification on the product  and may result in any one or more of the following issues:

Unstressed clear objects between crossed polarizers should yield a completely dark field, however, when internal material stress is present, the localized changes in refractive index rotate the angle of polarization, resulting in transmission variations.

Where θ is the angle between the incident linear polarization and the polarization axis. We see that for parallel axes, 100% transmission is achieved, while for 90° axes, also known as crossed polarizers, there is 0% transmission. In real-world applications the transmission never reaches exactly 0%, therefore, polarizers are characterized by an extinction ratio, which can be used to determine the actual transmission through two crossed polarizers.

In Figure 5, a linear polarizer was placed in front of the lens in a machine vision system to remove obfuscating glare such that an electronic chip could be clearly seen. The left image (without polarizer) shows randomly polarized light scattering off of the many glass surfaces between the object and the camera sensor. Much of the chip is obscured by Fresnel reflection of the unpolarized light. The image on the right (with polarizer) shows the chip without glare obscuring any of the object details, allowing the chip to be viewed, analyzed, and measured without obstruction.

UV disinfection is used by many municipalities across the world including North America for primary disinfection of water. It has multiple advantages over conventional chemical disinfection methods, such as:

If your water comes from a private well or lake and you worry about the microbiological safety of the water, Rainfresh MEGA whole house UV system could be the solution that you have been looking for.

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In order to select a specific polarization of light, polarizers are used. Polarizers can be broadly divided into reflective, dichroic, and birefringent polarizers. More detailed information on which type of polarizer is right for your application can be found in our Polarizer Selection Guide.

All models are based on the max water flow at which the UV system can disinfect the water. While water flow rate depends on your pump capacity and pipe size, as a rule of thumb, you can select the UV system based on the number of bathrooms as follows

Figure 11 shows a photo taken of Edmund Optics Headquarters and the variation in the color of the sky, grass, and foliage from using or not using a polarizer in front of a camera lens. Because electrons in air molecules scatter light in many directions, the appearance of the sky without a polarizer is a lighter shade of blue, as seen in the left image (without polarizer). Additionally, the surface of leaves of trees and on blades of grass are very slightly reflective. Using a polarizer filters out some of the light reflected from these surfaces, darkening the perceived color of these surfaces.

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Rainfresh MEGA whole house UV system disinfects water by using the natural, non-chemical disinfection properties of ultraviolet light (UV for short). UV light inactivates bacteria, coliform bacteria (e.g. E. coli), viruses, parasitic cysts and other microorganisms using a germicidal wavelength of 254 nm & a UV dose of >40 mJ/cm², making the water safe to drink from virtually any potable source.

Reflective polarizers transmit the desired polarization while reflecting the rest. Wire grid polarizers are a common example of this, consisting of many thin wires arranged parallel to each other. The light that is polarized along these wires is reflected, while light that is polarized perpendicular to these wires is transmitted. Other reflective polarizers use Brewster’s angle. Brewster’s angle is a specific angle of incidence under which only s-polarized light is reflected. The reflected beam is s-polarized and the transmitted beam becomes partially p-polarized.

Rainfresh UV systems use chemical-free and environmentally responsible technology that does not require use of any chemicals. UV systems do not alter the water quality, other than disinfection.

Rainfresh UV systems have a built-in alarm feature that signals end of lamp life by a flashing red LED and an intermittent beep. You can silence the alarm for 1 week three times to allow yourself time to purchase and install a new lamp. After that, the alarm cannot be shut off until the lamp is replaced.

To make sure that the water flow rate never exceeds the rated flow of the UV unit, you can purchase Rainfresh flow control kits that can be easily attached inline before the UV without solder. Please contact customer service for these flow control kits.

You can send a sample of your water to our test lab for a no-charge analysis of your water. The link to details on how to send the sample is at the bottom of the UV information page. Our lab can test for hardness, iron, UV transmissivity, pH, Turbidity and Total Dissolved Solids

While polarizers select certain polarizations of light, discarding the other polarizations, ideal waveplates modify existing polarizations without attenuating, deviating, or displacing the beam. They do this by retarding (or delaying) one component of polarization with respect to its orthogonal component. To help you determine which waveplate is best for your application, read Understanding Waveplates. Correctly chosen waveplates can convert any polarization state into a new polarization state and are most often used to rotate linear polarization, to convert linearly polarized light to circularly polarized light, or vice versa.

Yes. You should never install the UV without a surge protector. A CSA or UL certified surge protector rated for a clamping voltage of less than 400 Volts, response time of less than one nanosecond, and energy absorption of at least 1,000 Joules.

You should never install the UV on the same circuit as the pump as that can destroy the ballast. The UV should be installed on a dedicated circuit only.

Unpolarized light can be considered a rapidly varying random combination of p- and s-polarized light. An ideal linear polarizer will only transmit one of the two linear polarizations, reducing the initial unpolarized intensity I0 by half,

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The two orthogonal linear polarization states that are most important for reflection and transmission are referred to as p- and s-polarization. P-polarized (from the German parallel) light has an electric field polarized parallel to the plane of incidence, while s-polarized (from the German senkrecht) light is perpendicular to this plane.

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For linearly polarized light with intensity I0, the intensity transmitted through an ideal polarizer, I, can be described by Malus’ law,

Molecular compounds that have the same type and number of atoms, but different molecular arrangements are called stereoisomers. These stereoisomers are “optically active” and will rotate polarized light in different directions. The amount of rotation is determined by the nature and the concentration of the compound, allowing polarimetry to detect and quantify the concentration of these compounds. This is the premise for identifying which stereoisomer may be present in a sample, which is important because stereoisomers can have vastly different chemical effects. For example, the stereoisomer limonene is the chemical that gives oranges and lemons their characteristic scents.

Rainfresh UV systems have one UV lamp that lasts 9,000 hours of use (approx 1 year), after which it must be replaced even though it may continue to light. This is because after 9,000 hours the ability of the UV lamp to kill bacteria drops below safe limits and can thus compromise your family’s health.

Understanding and manipulating the polarization of light is crucial for many optical applications. Optical design frequently focuses on the wavelength and intensity of light, while neglecting its polarization. Polarization, however, is an important property of light that affects even those optical systems that do not explicitly measure it. The polarization of light affects the focus of laser beams, influences the cut-off wavelengths of filters, and can be important to prevent unwanted back reflections. It is essential for many metrology applications such as stress analysis in glass or plastic, pharmaceutical ingredient analysis, and biological microscopy. Different polarizations of light can also be absorbed to different degrees by materials, an essential property for LCD screens, 3D movies, and glare-reducing sunglasses.

The Rainfresh UV system consists of a low-pressure UV lamp enclosed in a transparent quartz dome, housed in a stainless steel disinfection chamber. As untreated water enters the chamber from one end, microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, cysts etc in the water are exposed to ultraviolet light being emitted by the UV lamp. The UV light kills/inactivates these microorganisms instantaneously and treated water flows out of the chamber and is ready for consumption.

NOTE : It is not possible to reset the lamp-change-timer unless the timer is in the grace period or lamp-change alarm mode or lamp-failure mode.

Rainfresh MEGA whole house UV system are made in CANADA and manufactured to the highest performance and quality standards.

Q Does a UV light consume a lot of energy? No, a UV system consumes only 28 – 63 Watts, depending upon the model. This is as much or less than a 60W bulb.

The UV lamp degrades over time and after 9000 hours (approx 1 year) of use, its killing ability drops to levels that are considered unsafe. Therefore the UV lamp must be replaced once a year even though the UV lamp continues to lights up.

Birefringent polarizers rely on the dependence of the refractive index on the polarization of light. Different polarizations will refract at different angles and this can be used to select certain polarizations of light.

Another characteristic way to see how polarizers reduce reflective glare is by viewing water surfaces. In Figure 7, the surface of the water appears reflective in the left image, obscuring what is below the surface. On the right, however, the rocky debris on the floor of the body of water is much more clearly visible.

The beauty of the system is that it can be oriented to suit piping from left to right or right to left, making installation a breeze in all situations.

Rainfresh MEGA whole house UV system is an advanced whole house water purification system designed to provide clean and safe drinking water for home and cottage use.

Many different types of microscopy techniques such as differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy utilize polarizers to achieve a variety of effects.

If the power to the UV goes beyond its operating limits, the ballast will shut down to protect itself from unsafe power. To correct the problem, simply unplug the unit, wait for 15 seconds and re-plug it.

The analyzer only transmits light that has experienced a specimen-induced phase shift and continues to block all the unaffected light from the source which was originally polarized by the polarizer. If the birefringence of the specimen is known, it can then be used to determine the specimen thickness. If the specimen thickness is known, it can be used to deduce the birefringence of the specimen. A convenient chart used for this purpose is known as the Michel-Levy interference color chart in Figure 14.

UV systems disinfect water by inactivating bacteria, coliform (such as E. coli), viruses etc. UVC light at a wavelength of 254nm disrupts the DNA of microorganisms preventing them from multiplying. This makes water safe to drink from virtually any potable source.

while reconnecting ballast to electrical outlet and keep the button depressed until the ballast emits a solid three-second beep. This will re-set the lamp-change-timer to zero and the 3-second beep will confirm that the re-set was successful.

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MEGA8 incorporates a sophisticated filter design that provides clean, great tasting & microbiologically safe drinking water.

Yes the UV system will make the water safe to drink from a microbiological safety point. You no longer will need to buy bottles and jugs to have safe drinking water in your home.

In amorphous solids such as glass and plastic, stress from temperature and pressure profiles in the material imparts localized variations and gradients in the material properties, making the material birefringent and nonhomogeneous. This can be quantified in transparent objects using the photoelastic effect, as stress and its related birefringence can be measured with polarized light methodologies.

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Yes. Rainfresh UV systems are designed to be used on water from any source. However, tannin, organic colour etc can significantly reduce the efficiency of the UV system and may require additional pre-treatment. Send us a sample of your water (see link at the bottom of the page) for a free water quality report.

If any of these parameters in your water are outside the limits, you may need additional filtration. Please contact Rainfresh for help.

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Sometimes over period of non-use the UV lamp heats up the water in the UV chamber. Simply flush a toilet first thing in the morning before using the water in the sink or showers.

You should routinely check the quartz dome and clean if scale has formed. The dome should also be replaced every 3 years. Also replace sediment filters regularly.

Hot spots are highly reflective portions of a field within a more diffuse reflecting field. In Figure 8, a polarizer is placed in front of the lens of a camera as well as over the light source illuminating the scene to reduce hot spots.

Use only GENUINE Rainfresh UV lamps :  Use only GENUINE RAINFRESH UV Lamps with your UV system. Rainfresh UV lamps are designed with extensive product research and engineering to provide reliable and consistent UV output and performance that ensures the safety of your drinking water. Using non-Rainfresh UV lamps can not only compromise the system performance but also voids the electrical and CSA certification on the product  and may result in unsafe drinking water, ballast failure or even an electrical fire.  Use of non Rainfresh lamps will void warranty & product certification

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Rainfresh MEGA whole house UV system is an advanced whole house water purification system designed to provide clean and safe drinking water for home and cottage use.

Polarization control is also very important in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage industries. Many important organic chemical compounds, such as active pharmaceutical ingredients or sugars, have multiple orientations. The study of molecules with multiple orientations is called stereochemistry.

The angular difference between the axes of polarization of the two polarizers is directly related to the amount of overall light attenuation of the set of polarizers. By changing the angle offset, the optical density of the polarizer set can be varied, achieving a similar effect to using a neutral density filter. This ensures that the overall field is evenly illuminated.

Dichroic polarizers absorb a specific polarization of light, transmitting the rest; modern nanoparticle polarizers are dichroic polarizers.

Rainfresh residential UV systems are tested and certified by CSA International to CSA B483.1 for material safety and structural integrity. They are also independently tested for microbiological inactivation and tested to deliver > 40mJ/cm2 UV dose at end of lamp life. This is higher than most other UV systems that rate their “kill dose” at only 30 mJ/cm2 or even less. Rainfresh also manufactures UV systems certified to NSF/ANSI Std 55A. Please click on the link at the top of the UV page for more info on these systems.

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Implementing polarization control can be useful in a variety of imaging applications. Polarizers are placed over a light source, lens, or both, to eliminate glare from light scattering, increase contrast, and eliminate hot spots from reflective objects. This either brings out more intense color or contrast or helps to better identify surface defects or other otherwise hidden structures.

Although we do not generally recommend horizontal installation, it can be done if there is no other way. There are 2 limitations with horizontal installation. First, it is not easy to drain the unit to winterize it and secondly you will have to be more careful when removing the dome for cleaning as chances of breaking it are greater (broken domes are not under warranty).

In a simple polarization microscope system, a linear polarizer is placed in front of a microscope light source, below the specimen stage, to polarize the light entering the system. Another linear polarizer placed above the specimen stage is referred to as an “analyzer,” as this polarizer is rotated to achieve the desired effect when analyzing the sample and while the first polarizer is kept stationary. The analyzer is then rotated such that the polarization planes of the analyzer and polarizer are 90° apart. When this has been achieved, the microscope has a minimum transmission (crossed polarizers); the amount of light transmission will be proportional to the extinction ratio of the polarizer and analyzer.

Edmund Optics® offers a wide variety of polarizers, waveplates, polarizing beamsplitters, and other polarization-manipulating optics.

You can buy these at various retail outlets such as Home Hardware, Lowe’s etc or order some of these systems directly from Rainfresh. Click on the “online store” link at the top of the page to order direct

The same phenomenon can be seen in the Figure 6. In the left image (without polarizer), unpolarized light from the sun is interacting with the windows of the Edmund Optics building and most of this light is reflecting off the windows. In the right image, a polarizing filter has been applied such that the reflected light, rich in one polarization type, is being blocked from the camera sensor and the photographer, using the other polarization type, can see into the building more easily.