When UV Needs TLC

Converters who are stingy with maintenance will pay for it in system performance. Intense heat will pit aluminum reflectors, and not maintaining this component's reflectivity could result in up to a 20 percent loss of energy at the material surface, which could cause undercuring, warns Heffernan.

Suppliers collectively preach the virtues of quick access for more painless UV upkeep, and imply that some converters are making cleaning more difficult than it has to be.