Portable UV LED Water Purifier

by Niranjan_Niru in Outside > Survival

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Portable UV LED Water Purifier

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The Story of UV

Outdoor water get's contaminated , consists of several bacteria and virus' and it is unhealthy to drink that water

Coming to the point ultra violet light has a property to kill the bacteria and virus's , bacteria cannot grow and sustain to the wavelength of UV

Based on this property we are going to build a portable water purifier to know more about the UV purification watch this video

Parts Needed

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PARTS REQUIRED

1) UV LED

2) 10 K RESISTOR

3) SODA BOTTLE

4) AN EXTRA CAP

5) 9 V BATTERY AND ADAPTER

TOOLS REQUIRED

1) SOLDERING EQUIPMENT

2) THUMB PIN

3) CUTTERS OR SCISSORS

4) HOT GLUE GUN

MAKING

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1) First take the old soda bottle remove the cap and make two holes

2) Insert the led from the inner portion of the cap such that the led terminals comes out of the cap and seal with hot glue and make sure that it is leak proof and the terminals of the led are not in contact with water

3) The bigger terminal of the led is always positive and the smaller one is negative

4) Take an another cap of same size and make two holes and insert the wires

5) Now make the connections as show in the above circuit

6) place the second cap on the first cap and seal it with hot glue properly , before sealing make sure the led is working properly

Working

Portable UV LED water purifier
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