Cold cathode germicidal nyale amapangidwa ndi kamangidwe kakang'ono, moyo wautali ndi otsika mphamvu nyali, iwo amatulutsa 254nm (ozone free), kapena 254nm ndi 185nm (ozoni kupanga) kupha tizilombo, kokha ntchito kwa mphindi zingapo, kotero iwo kwambiri ntchito zolera. zotsukira mano, burashi zodzikongoletsera, mite predator, zida zophera tizilombo m'galimoto, zotsukira ndi zina. Pali mitundu iwiri yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi zambiri, nyali za Linear germicidal (GCL) ndi nyali za U-shaped germicidal (GCU).