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AAA and AAA battery charger plastic housing will dry out long-term if it is exposed to indirect sunlight (light entering the house), LED lamp light, fluorescent lamp light? All contain UV, example: Sony cycle energy charger battery AA and AAA housing
 

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AAA and AAA battery charger plastic housing will dry out long-term if it is exposed to indirect sunlight (light entering the house), LED lamp light, fluorescent lamp light? All contain UV, example: Sony cycle energy charger battery AA and AAA housing

and your question is ???
 

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battery charger AA and AAA have plastic housing will dry out long-term if it is exposed to indirect sunlight (light entering the house), LED lamp light, fluorescent lamp light? All contain UV, example: Sony cycle energy charger battery AA and AAA housing
 

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Dunno, and no.
 

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The answer to the first question about the plastic is "I don't know".

The answer to the second part about all those light sources producing uv is "No, they don't".
 

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Lack of water?

What are you talking about?
 

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UV light will make many plastics brittle in time.
 

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CFL's produce some UV light and over a long term, they can damage some plastics
 

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Standard big 40 W fluorescent bulbs make a fair amount of UV, and can yellow the plastic case of a monitor in an office in just a few years. Same with white LEDs, but my guess is that the UV production per lumen of visible light is lower than for fluorescents.

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AAA and AAA battery charger plastic housing will dry out long-term if it is exposed to indirect sunlight (light entering the house), LED lamp light, fluorescent lamp light? All contain UV, example: Sony cycle energy charger battery AA and AAA housing

Yes, plastic decomposes under heavy UV exposure. No resolution is possible,
 

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To some extent you can reverse yellowing of ABS. Google "retrobrite".
 

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Indirect sunlight (entering my house through the door and window), LED lamp light (any color), fluorescent lamp light (any color), all these kinds of lights have enough UV and are able to resect any plastic after many Years constantly exposed to These lights ex. My Toys Collection Kinder Egg and Kinder JOY, AA and AAA Battery Charger Sony Cycle Energy
 

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Ok, obviously we are caught in a temporal loop.
 
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