Sunday, April 22, 2012

Tanning Bed Lamps

By Owen Jones


Tanning bed bulbs, as used in salon tanning beds, are a big part of the mystery of that perfect tan. You can have any depth of tan you desire with the wide choice of bulbs available for sun beds. There are deep-tanning lamps, bronzing bulbs, face lamps and plenty of others too. These high-tech lamps utilize the best technology to tan you safely.

Furthermore, there are different types of bulbs for each kind of skin too. The sun bed industry produces different lamps for from dark to light skin colours. Besides that, you can decide to have a light tan, a golden tan, a bronze tan, or the deepest tan imaginable. You can even change the kind of lamp, as your tan deepens, so that you can get all types of quite amazing results.

A tanning bulb is like having your own sun in a tube. In fact, it is even better, because you can control it! Modern tanning bed lamps are manufactured to the highest standards and are also very safe. The tanning industry and the government have set strict rules to guarantee your safety. So, if you carefully follow the instructions supplied with the product, you may feel confident that you will not be putting your health at risk to look like a film star.

The UV rays they emit are well within prescribed safety limits to make sure you remain healthy and tanned. Furthermore, there are plenty of choices open to you, ranging from UVB and UVA combinations to straight UVA. It is your choice! So, why not get a little extra tan?

Tanning lamps are ultraviolet-emitting devices that serve as the main element of the various kinds of tanning beds and booths. Tanning bed bulbs have as their main purpose the enhancement of a cosmetic tan, although these bulbs also have a reputation for the successful treatment of eczema and psoriasis. The depth and colour of tanning depends on the spectrum of light produced by the tanning bulbs and the vast majority of tanning bulbs produce more ultraviolet light than the sun.

Nearly all tanning bulbs use a device called a 'ballast' to regulate their power consumption. The ballast stabilizes the flow of electrical energy inside the lamp and is required to make sure that the bulbs use only the necessary amount of wattage that they require in order to work effectively.

There are various types of tanning bulbs on the market including reflector sunbed lamps and high output bulbs. The majority of bulbs fall into two main categories: high pressure and low pressure types. (Within the tanning industry, it is usual to refer to high pressure tanning lamps as bulbs and low pressure tanning bulbs as lamps). Both high and low pressure tanning bulbs require a lack of oxygen inside its housing.

High pressure tanning bulbs vary in length from three to five inches and operate with 250 to 2,000 watt ballasts, 400 watt high pressure tanning bulbs are the most common. They are usually included in the face tanning component of a sun bed. High pressure tanning bulbs are made of quartz glass and an additional specialized coating, which is essential to filter out potentially deadly UVC ultraviolet rays.

HP tanning bulbs contain a small amount of mercury or argon and produce ultraviolet light in high concentration. The handling of high pressure tanning bulbs should be carried out with a great deal of care and never with naked hands, because even a tiny amount of oil from your hands will cause the bulb to fail prematurely or even crack and the resultant spillage of mercury is potentially dangerous. High pressure tanning bulbs should be replaced after about 1,000 hours although they will continue to produce light for up to 10,00 hours

Low pressure tanning lamps are much like normal fluorescent lights, but the glass tube of low pressure tanning bulbs automatically filters out UVC ultraviolet rays. Low pressure bulbs have a useful lifespan of between 600 and 1,600 hours with 1,000 hours being the norm again.




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