Tanning Bulbs
Posted by Gail Jones | Filed under Health & Fitness
Tanning bed bulbs are used in each sun bed or suntan lamp in the shops. When you are buying a new or especially a used tanning bed, make a good examination of the lamps. Ensure that they are proper tanning lamps and comply with the FDA guidelines with regard to health and safety. You should also estimate how easy it is to get at the lamps. Make sure that the bulbs are not difficult to change when necessary. It is very important, and a lot cheaper, if you can carry out such simple maintenance yourself, if you buy a home sun bed.
There are two very different, non-interchangeable sorts of lamps used in low pressure and high pressure beds. You need to ensure you buy the right sun bed bulbs for your sun bed, because you cannot use just any bulb you like. If you are ordering replacement bulbs on the Internet, check the make and model of your existing lamps very carefully, because you have to ensure that the bulbs you are ordering are made for your bed.
High Pressure Sunbed Bulbs: high pressure beds use quartz lamps in a variety of sizes. The gases used in these lamps are pressurized to slightly higher than atmospheric pressure. The bulbs in these beds are located in the top of the bed, so that you tan from above only. When you have tanned the skin on one side of your body for about 10-12 minutes, you turn over and tan the other side. The flat bed of these devices is a lot more comfortable than a conventional sun bed.
The biggest benefit of these bulbs is the short time you have to spend on the bed. Since you tan faster, you need to spend less time in the salon, which means it works out cheaper. You can achieve the level of tan you require in about three weeks of three to five sessions a week. With a conventional bed, it would take you at least a month to achieve the same depth of colour. Maintaining your tan is much easier too. You only need two or three sessions a month to maintain the colour, compared with that many sessions every week on a low pressure bed. Many of these lamps use UVA rays only, not UVB rays which are responsible for burning.
Conventional Sun Bed Bulbs: Conventional, or low pressure beds use long tube lamps that resemble household fluorescent tubes. The lamps are situated above and below the bed of the sun bed, which means that all areas are tanned at the same time, without the need to change positions during the session.
Conventional beds use UVA and UVB rays in varying levels. Some use both rays and others emit mostly UVA with some UVB rays. UVA rays are the cause of the (premature) ageing effects on the skin and UVB rays are the burning rays that produce skin burn when you are outside in the sun. It is very important to determine which type of rays your sun bed’s bulbs emit. You must ensure you replace your existing bulbs with bulbs of the same specifications after about 1,000 hours of use.
Something else to think about when selecting the type of bed you use at home or in the salon, is the tanning bed lotion you will use. Different lotions suit different sorts of beds. The staff at your tanning salon will be able to help you select a lotion that will work for the bed you are using and your skin type. Regardless of the bed you use, you ought to definitely always use a lotion or a cream, because they will nourish your skin and help you get a Hollywood tan more quickly.
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