Sunday, December 12, 2010

Tanning Bed Bulbs

By Owen Jones


Tanning bed bulbs, like you find in up-market tanning beds, are a large part of the secret to that perfect suntan. You can have any type of tan you desire with the wide choice of bulbs available on the market for sun beds. There are several types of bulbs, such as deep-tanning lamps, bronzing bulbs, face lamps and plenty of others besides. These high-tech bulbs employ the best technology to produce a tan evenly, and above all, safely.

Furthermore, there is a different lamp for every type of skin too. The sun bed industry produces different bulbs for dark to light skin colours. On top of that, you can have a soft tan, a golden tan, a bronze tan, or one the deepest of darkest tans you have ever seen. You can also change the type of lamp, as your tan progresses, so that you can achieve any combination of quite stunning results.

A tanning lamp is like having the sun in a tube. In fact, it is even better! Modern tanning bed lamps are made to the highest specifications and are very safe. The sunbed industry and the government have set strict guidelines to ensure your safety. So, if you follow the instructions supplied with the product carefully, you may feel confident that you will not be risking your health to look great.

The UV rays that they emit are within the proscribed safety limits to make sure you stay safe, healthy and tanned. Furthermore, there are lots of choices available to you, ranging from UVB and UVA combinations to only UVA. It is quite simply your choice. So, why not choose your tanning bed lamp and give the sun a helping hand?

Tanning lamps are ultraviolet-emitting devices that serve as the main element of the various kinds of tanning beds and booths. Tanning bed lamps have as their main purpose the enhancement of a cosmetic tan, although these lamps also have a reputation for the successful treatment of eczema and psoriasis. The depth and type 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 unit 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 kinds of sunbed bulbs on the market including reflector sunbed lamps and high output bulbs. Most lamps fall into two main categories: high pressure and low pressure types. (Within the tanning industry, it is customary 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 range in length from three to five inches and operate with 250 to 2,000 watt ballasts, although 400 watt high pressure tanning bulbs are the most popular. They are often included in the face tanning compartment of a sun bed. High pressure tanning bulbs are most often manufactured from quartz glass and an additional specialized coating, which is necessary to filter out the lethal 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 break 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 very similar to 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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