Tanning Bed Bulbs
Tanning bed lamps, as used in salon tanning beds, are a large part of the secret to the Hollywood tan. You can have any depth of tan you desire with the wide variety of bulbs available for tanning beds. There are deep-tanning lamps, bronzing bulbs, face lamps and plenty of others besides. These high-tech lamps employ the latest technology to tan you safely.
Furthermore, there is a different bulb for every type of skin too. The tanning bed industry produces different lamps 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 kind of lamp, as your tan progresses, so that you can achieve any combination of quite stunning results.
A tanning bulb is like having your own sun in a bottle. In fact, it is even better, because you can control it! Modern tanning bed bulbs are made to the highest specifications and are also very safe. The tanning industry and the government have set strict guidelines 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 that they produce are well below the proscribed safety limits to ensure you remain healthy and tanned. Furthermore, there are plenty of choices available to you, ranging from UVB and UVA combinations to straight 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 main component 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 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 sunbed lamps use a unit called a ‘ballast’ to regulate their power consumption. The ballast stabilizes the flow of electrical current inside the lamp and is needed in order to make sure that the bulbs use only the necessary amount of wattage that they require in order to function properly.
There are different types of sunbed bulbs on sale and include reflector tanning bulbs and high output lamps. Most bulbs fall into two main groups: 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 the tube.
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 common. They are usually incorporated 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.
These HP tanning bulbs, containing mercury or argon, create ultraviolet light in high concentration. Handling high pressure tanning bulbs requires a great deal of care, because even a tiny amount of oil from your hands will cause the bulb to fail prematurely. High pressure tanning bulbs should be replaced after about 1,000 hours even though they will shine for up to ten times longer.
Low pressure tanning lamps are much like 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.
