Tanning Bed Bulbs

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Tanning Bed Bulbs

Tanning lamps, such as Wolff tanning bulbs, are used in sun tan beds, tanning booths, sun hoods, sun canopies and sun tan facial lamps on the market. When you are buying a new, or especially a used sun bed, take a good look at the bulbs.

Make sure that they are proper home tanning bed bulbs and that they meet modern FDA guidelines for health and safety.

You should also consider how easy it is to get at the tanning bed bulbs. Make sure that the bulbs are not difficult to change when you need to.

It is quite important, and a lot cheaper, if you can perform such simple maintenance operations yourself, when you own your own home tan bed.

There are two very different, non-interchangeable styles of tanning bed bulbs or lamps used in conventional and high pressure home sun tan beds. You need to make sure that you get the right bulbs for your sun bed, because you cannot use just any one you like.

If you are ordering replacement tanning bed bulbs on the Internet, check the make and model of your existing sun bed's lamps very carefully, because you have to ensure that the tanning bed bulbs you are buying are right for your model.

High Pressure Tanning Bed Bulbs: high pressure beds use quartz tanning bed bulbs that come in a variety of sizes. The argon gas used in these bulbs is pressurized to slightly higher than atmospheric pressure.

The tanning bulbs in this equipment are located in the acrylic hood, 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 have to turn over and do the other side.

One of the best features of these high pressure lamps is the amount of time you have to spend on the home tanning bed. Because you bronze faster with high pressure tanning bed bulbs. You need to spend less time on your sun bed, which means it works out cheaper. You can get the level of bronzing you require in about three weeks of three to five sessions each week.

However, with a low pressure system, it would take you at least a month to acquire the same depth of colour. Maintaining your colouration is much easier too. You only need two or three sessions each month to maintain the colour, as opposed to four times that many visits to a conventional salon bed.

Many of these sun bed bulbs use UVA rays only, not UVB rays which are almost solely responsible for sunburn.

Conventional Tanning Bed Bulbs: Conventional, or low pressure lamps or tubes that look like regular, domestic fluorescent tubes. The tanning bed bulbs are located above and below the tanning bed, which means that all the body areas are browned at the same time, without having to roll over during the tanning session.

Conventional home tanning bed lamps emit UVA and UVB rays at varying levels. Some use both rays and others emit mostly UVA with some UVB rays. UVA rays are responsible for the (premature) ageing effects on the skin and UVB rays are the burning rays that cause sun burn when you are outside in the sun.

It is very important to determine which type of rays your tanning bed lamps produce, because you must ensure you replace your existing tanning bed bulbs with the same new lamps after about 1,000 hours of use.

Another factor to bear in mind when selecting the type of tanning bed bulbs you use at home or in the salon, is the tanning bed lotion you will use. Different lotions are better for each type tanning bed bulb's light emissions. Examples are: dark tan, bronzer and gold.

The staff at your tanning salon can help you choose a lotion that will work for the tanning bed bulbs you are using and your skin type. No matter what home tanning bed bulbs you are using, you should definitely always use a lotion. Lotions help you tan more quickly and moisturize your skin at the same time.