Tanning Bed Lamps

By Gail Jones

Tanning bed bulbs, like you find in up-market tanning beds, are a large part of the mystery of that perfect tan. You can get any depth 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 lamps utilize the best technology to produce a tan evenly, and above all, safely.

Furthermore, there are different lamps for each kind 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 also change the kind of bulb, as your tan progresses, so that you can achieve all kinds of quite stunning results.

A tanning bulb is like having the sun in a tube. In fact, it is even better! Modern tanning bed bulbs are made to the highest standards 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 can be sure that you will not be risking your health to look good.

The UV rays that they produce are below the proscribed safety limits to ensure you remain 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 bulb 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 bulbs 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 produced by the tanning lamps and the vast majority of them produce more ultraviolet light than the sun.

Practically 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 used to ensure that the lamps use only the exact amount of wattage that they need in order to work effectively.

There are various kinds of tanning bulbs 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 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 often 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 can 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 very similar to ordinary 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 norm again. - 29954

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