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tisdag 17 november 2009

Tanning Bed Lamps

By Gail Jones

Tanning bed bulbs, as used in up-market tanning beds, are a big part of the secret to that perfect tan. You can have any depth of tan you desire with the wide variety of lamps available on the market for tanning beds. There are deep-tanning lamps, bronzing bulbs, face lamps and plenty of others besides. These high-tech lamps utilize the best technology to tan you comfortably and in safety.

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

A tanning lamp is like having your own source of sunlight in a bottle. In fact, it is even better, because you are in control of it! Modern tanning bed lamps are manufactured to the strictest specifications and so are very safe. The sunbed industry and the government have set strict guidelines to guarantee your safety. So, if you carefully follow the instructions supplied with the bulbs, you may be sure that you will not be putting your health at risk in order to look like a Hollywood film star.

The UV rays that they produce are within the proscribed safety limits to ensure you stay safe, healthy and tanned. Furthermore, there are plenty 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 units that act as the main element of the various kinds of tanning beds and booths on the market. Tanning bed lamps have as their main use the enhancement of a cosmetic tan, although these lamps also have a reputation for the successful treatment of eczema and psoriasis. The depth and colour of the tan produced, depends on the spectrum of light created by the tanning bulbs and the vast majority of them give out more ultraviolet light than the sun does.

Practically all tanning lamps 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 ensure that the lamps use only the exact amount of wattage that they need in order to work properly.

There are different kinds of tanning lamps on the market including reflector sunbed lamps and high output bulbs. The majority of 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 have a lack of oxygen in its housing.

High pressure tanning bulbs range 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 popular. They are often included in the face tanning component of a sun bed. High pressure tanning bulbs are usually made of quartz glass and an extra specialized coating, which is necessary to filter out the very harmful UVC ultraviolet rays.

HP tanning bulbs contain a small amount of mercury or argon and produce ultraviolet light in high amounts. 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 ought to 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 tubes, but the glass tube of low pressure tanning bulbs naturally filters out the harmful UVC ultraviolet rays. Low pressure bulbs have a useful lifespan of between 600 and 1,600 hours with 1,000 hours being the usual again.

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