Friday, 6 November 2009

Tanning Bed Bulbs


By Gail Jones

Tanning bed lamps, as used in up-market tanning beds, are a big part of the secret to the Hollywood suntan. You can get any depth of tan you desire with the wide range of bulbs 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 latest technology to tan you comfortably and in safety.

Furthermore, there are different bulbs for every type of skin too. The tanning bed industry produces different bulbs for dark to light skin colours. On top of that, you can choose to have a soft tan, a golden tan, a bronze tan, or the deepest, darkest tan anyone has ever seen. You can also change the kind of bulb, as your tan deepens, so that you can achieve all kinds 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 standards and are very safe. The tanning industry and the government have implemented strict rules to ensure your safety. So, if you follow the instructions supplied with the product carefully, you may be confident that you will not be risking your health to look good.

The UV rays that they emit are within the proscribed safety limits to make sure you remain safe, healthy and tanned. Furthermore, there are lots of choices available to you, varying 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 component of the various kinds of tanning beds and booths on the market. Sun bed lamps 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 produced depends on the spectrum of light emitted by the tanning lamps and the vast majority of them 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 current inside the lamp and is required to make sure that the bulbs use only the necessary amount of wattage that they need in order to work effectively.

There are various kinds of tanning bulbs on the market including reflector sunbed bulbs and high output bulbs. Most lamps 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 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 usually incorporated in the face tanning compartment of a tanning bed. High pressure tanning bulbs are most often manufactured from quartz glass and an extra 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 create ultraviolet light in high amounts. The handling of high pressure tanning bulbs should be performed very carefully 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 very serious. High pressure tanning bulbs should 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 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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