Honestly I bought this because I thought it was cute, but I have no idea what the purple light is or what it does. Any help?
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It is supposed to illuminate the magnification area. That is if you get one where the batteries are not dead.
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The purple light is to light up whatever it is that you are trying to see with the microscope.You open the scope to form a "v" shape,then you turn the light on,and look through the eye hole,which is the end with the black ring.Move the whole scope up or down slowly until you get a clear view of what you are trying to see. I hope this helps you. I love mine. If you have anymore questions,please feel free to let us know.I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine.{Try looking at a bug with it. It is really cool.} Have a great day, and let us know if this helped you to better understand your new mini-scope. The purple light is to light up whatever it is that you are trying to see with the microscope.You open the scope to form a "v" shape,then you turn the light on,and look through the eye hole,which is the end with the black ring.Move the whole scope up or down slowly until you get a clear view of what you are trying to see. I hope this helps you. I love mine. If you have anymore questions,please feel free to let us know.I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine.{Try looking at a bug with it. It is really cool.} Have a great day, and let us know if this helped you to better... » Read More The purple light is to light up whatever it is that you are trying to see with the microscope.You open the scope to form a "v" shape,then you turn the light on,and look through the eye hole,which is the end with the black ring.Move the whole scope up or down slowly until you get a clear view of what you are trying to see. I hope this helps you. I love mine. If you have anymore questions,please feel free to let us know.I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine.{Try looking at a bug with it. It is really cool.} Have a great day, and let us know if this helped you to better understand your new mini-scope. « Show Less
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Its actually an led light helps to see the thing your trying to scope a little better
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The purple light is to light up whatever it is that you are trying to see with the microscope.You open the scope to form a "v" shape,then you turn the light on,and look through the eye hole,which is the end with the black ring.Move the whole scope up or down slowly until you get a clear view of what you are trying to see. I hope this helps you. I love mine. If you have anymore questions,please feel free to let us know.I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine.{Try looking at a bug with it. It is really cool.} Have a great day, and let us know if this helped you to better understand your new mini-scope.
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The light(when it works) is a bluish-purple, but it works because it emits ultraviolet light. Pure UV is invisible to the naked eye.
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It is just a bunch of random very small lights that go on and off. I suspect not. But, not totally sure.
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I think it is a flourescent light. But whatever it is, it really lightsup the area on my sewing center.
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well, I don't have it in front of me, but there are like 4 or 5 green squares that light up when it is fully charged, as the charge drops the number of green squares decreases. There is also another light. . .hate to sound dumb, but I don't know if it is on/off, I really like this thing!
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its supposed to light the cat rolls the ball...mine hasnt and i was to have gotten a replacement and it hasnt came yet, so i went out and bought a ball that lights up.....my cats played with it when i replaced the ball for about 2 weeks ...now it just sits there and every now and then one of them will play with it......Brenda
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It's purple, the picture looks sort if strange but it is purple in real life :)
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The planchette has a purple glow. When you touch the planchette, it is activated. This is why the batteries are needed.
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That's what I wondered too, if it needed to "warm up" first, or be in an extra-dark room. You may have a faulty one too like me. I had to tap on it near the bottom & turn it upside down & hold it it at an angle to get it to light up-not what you should do to make it work! Email Amazon & they'll fwd it to Scientifics & they should email you back w/phone #. I called them today & they said Fedex would pick it up next day & send me another one. So hope next one works! Good luck with yours! :)
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Eileen-Marie,I just checked ( I never noticed before - go figure) it does not light up. I guess I'm just always in the dark so it doesn't matter...
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no it is a bug zapper with a black light in it... works better for me than a white light... you have to plug it in....I hope that helps
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There is a small sight window on the outside of the unit that permits you to see if the bulb is still working. It will glow with a light purple light when all is working.
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Its a light color of purple. It works very well. I have heard others complain that if you get typing fast it becomes a caught up against your fingers. But I have not found that to be a problem for me.
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Don't really know is it is suppose to light but mine does not. It is one of my complaints about the unit.
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Sorry, I bought the light for someone else and I can't get an answer out of them. If it were any other business besides Amazon I'd tell you to buy it anyway and return it later if it doesn't work, but Amazon is a nightmare if you want to return anything. Good luck!
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I bought this for a gift don't know how it works when the lighting ain't good
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It's not a light, or lights. It's a reflection from a flash. I removed mine not long after because it's very dark and only looks that bright with a bright flash.