Tanning bed lamps, as used in up-market tanning beds, are a large part of the mystery of the perfect tan. You can get any depth of tan you want 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 too. These high-tech lamps employ the best technology to tan you comfortably and in safety.
Furthermore, there are different bulbs for every kind 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 even change the kind of bulb, as your tan deepens, so that you can achieve all types of quite stunning results.
A tanning lamp 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 manufactured to the highest specifications and are also very safe. The tanning industry and the government have implemented strict rules to ensure your safety. So, if you carefully follow the instructions supplied with the product, you can be sure that you will not be putting your health at risk to look like a film star.
The UV rays they emit are well within prescribed safety limits to ensure you stay healthy and tanned. Furthermore, there are plenty of choices open to you, ranging from UVB and UVA combinations to straight UVA. It is your choice! So, why not get a little extra tan?
Tanning lamps are ultraviolet-emitting devices that act as the main element of the various types of tanning beds and booths. Tanning bed bulbs 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 depends on the spectrum of light emitted by the tanning bulbs and the vast majority of tanning bulbs produce more ultraviolet light than the sun.
Nearly 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 required 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 lamps on the market including reflector sunbed lamps and high output bulbs. The majority of bulbs fall into two main categories: 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 have a lack of oxygen inside its housing.
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 extra specialized coating, which is necessary 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 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 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 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.
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