Radiation from an "Insectocutor"?

Then I think you'll be perfectly safe. The UV radiation will not penetrate the back wall of the Insectocutor device let alone the wall behind it.

If UV could penetrate dense material we would all get sunburnt indoors.

Wikipedia has an article on UV too

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet#Harmful_effects

Peccavi
August 2009

In answer to the question, "What sort of radiation did I have in mind", it would be the UV. My bedroom is above the dining-room which is next to the kitchen. When I am in bed, my head faces the wall backing on to the bathroom - the "Insectocutor" being a meter away, diagonally. I hope this makes sense. I have not permanently fixed it yet, but thought of mounting it over and to the right-hand side of the cooker. It is then more than a meter away from anything in the kitchen and the only thing above it is the bath. Would you consider this a safe pl;ace?

Mike Cooke.
August 2009

Wikipedia has an article on the Electromagnetic Spectrum here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_spectrum

And says...

"Electromagnetic radiation interacts with matter in different ways in different parts of the spectrum. The types of interaction can be so different that it seems to be justified to refer to different types of radiation. At the same time there is a continuum containing all these "different kinds" of electromagnetic radiation. Thus we refer to a spectrum, but divide it up based on the different interactions with matter."

And another article on Radiation here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation

Which says...

"In physics, radiation describes any process in which energy emitted by one body travels through a medium or through space, ultimately to be absorbed by another body. Non-physicists often associate the word with ionizing radiation (e.g., as occurring in nuclear weapons, nuclear reactors, and radioactive substances), but it can also refer to electromagnetic radiation (i.e., radio waves, infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light, and X-rays) which can also be ionizing radiation, to acoustic radiation, or to other more obscure processes. What makes it radiation is that the energy radiates (i.e., it travels outward in straight lines in all directions) from the source. This geometry naturally leads to a system of measurements and physical units that are equally applicable to all types of radiation."

And has a pointer to the Health Physics web site Radiation Answers here...

http://www.radiationanswers.org/

Which part ot the EM spectrum did you have in mind?

Peccavi
August 2009