About Tanning Bed Bulbs
Sun bed lamps, like you find in up-market tanning beds, are a big part of the mystery of the Hollywood suntan. You can have any type of tan you require with the wide choice of lamps available on the market for tanning beds. There are several types of lamps, such as deep-tanning lamps, bronzing bulbs, face lamps and plenty of others besides. These high-tech bulbs employ the latest technology to produce a tan evenly, and above all, safely.
Furthermore, there are different bulbs for every type of skin too. The sun bed industry produces different lamps for dark to light skin colours. On top of that, you can choose to have a light tan, a golden tan, a bronze tan, or the deepest, darkest tan anyone has ever seen. You can even change the type of lamp, as your tan deepens, so that you can achieve all types of quite amazing results.
A tanning bulb is like having your own source of sunlight in a tube. In fact, it is even better, because you are in control of it! Modern tanning bed bulbs are made to the strictest specifications and so are very safe. The sunbed industry and the government have implemented strict rules to ensure your safety. So, if you carefully follow the instructions supplied with the lamps, you may feel 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 emit are well below the proscribed safety limits to make sure you stay healthy and tanned. Furthermore, there are plenty of choices open to you, ranging from UVB and UVA combinations to just UVA. It is simply up to you. So, why not give the sun a helping hand?
Tanning lamps are ultraviolet-emitting devices that act as the primary component of the various types of tanning beds and booths on the market. Sun 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 produced depends on the spectrum of light produced by the tanning lamps and the vast majority of them produce more ultraviolet light than the sun.
Nearly all tanning lamps 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 ensure that the lamps use only the necessary amount of wattage that they need in order to work properly.
There are different types of tanning lamps on sale and include reflector tanning bulbs and high output bulbs. Most bulbs fall into two main groups: 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 the tube.
High pressure tanning bulbs vary 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 common. They are usually 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 essential 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 crack and the resultant spillage of mercury is potentially dangerous. High pressure tanning bulbs ought to be replaced after about 1,000 hours even though they will continue to produce light for up to 10,00 hours
Low pressure tanning lamps are very similar to ordinary 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.