Tanning bed bulbs, as used in salon tanning beds, are a large part of the secret to that Hollywood suntan.
You can have any depth of tan you desire with the wide choice of bulbs available for sun beds.
There are deep-tanning lamps, bronzing bulbs, face lamps and plenty of others too.
These high-tech bulbs utilize the best technology to tan you 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 type of lamp, as your tan progresses, so that you can achieve all kinds of quite amazing 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 specifications and are very safe.
The sunbed industry and the government have implemented strict rules to ensure your safety.
So, if you follow the instructions supplied with the product carefully, you can feel sure that you will not be risking your health to look good.
The UV rays they emit are well within prescribed safety limits to make sure 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? Sun lamps are ultraviolet-emitting units that act as the main component of the different types of tanning beds and booths on the market.
Sun bed bulbs have as their main use 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 the tan produced, depends on the spectrum of light emitted by the tanning bulbs and the overwhelming majority of them give out more ultraviolet light than the sun does.
Nearly all tanning bulbs use a unit 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 types of sunbed lamps on the market including reflector sunbed bulbs and high output lamps.
The majority of lamps fall into two main categories: 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 have 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, 400 watt high pressure tanning bulbs are the most popular.
They are often included in the face tanning component of a sun bed.
High pressure tanning bulbs are usually made of quartz glass and an additional specialized coating, which is essential to filter out the very harmful 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 normal 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.