Hi, Steve. High pressure sodium lamps don't emit UV at all because excited sodium atoms dont emit in the UV range. Low pressure sodium lamps emit 99.5% of...
Hi, Garrobito. I've tested the ZooMed Reptisun 10.0 fluorescent tubes and also the ZooMed Reptisun 10.0 fluorescent compact lamp. But I have not yet tested a...
Here's an email I don't know how to answer. Does anybody here know? "I am interested in your Solarmeter Model 9.4 visible light meter for measuring blue light,...
Hi Steve, yes, there is a conversion from lux to mW/cm2, but this conversion factor varies with wavelength. If the blue LED is very narrow-band, then it might...
Hello all, I do not currently own a Solarmeter 6.2 (or any meter, for that matter) but I have become increasingly interested. I have a large aquatic turtle...
I can't speak for lifespan or durability since I have only had one for a couple years, but I can say that it's an incredibly useful tool! It's fully worth the...
Sorry to be a pest, but i'm new at this - and i can't find squat on the internet. Lots of tests, but no glossary or breakdown. I know some of you are going to...
... it is an accurate meter and very helpful to prove uv-b potential of lamps. gx henrybrames -- ... "half of life is spreadsheet calculation, the rest mixed...
Hi there Don't worry - we all had ot learn these things somewhere sometime! Iu/min ... . International Units per minute. An International Unit is the commonly...
Re my previous reply I think I dropped a zero in the bit about nanometres. Can also be described as one thousandth of one millionth of a metre Sorry ... From:...
I have one of the original solarmeter 6.2. Steve has checked the calibration on it a couple of times for me. I've owned it for about six or seven years....
Hi, Harbisgirl. I have had my Solarmeter 6.2 since August 2004. It has been totally reliable and that's despite being dropped onto concrete and taken into the...
Yesterday BobMac wrote something important which I too want to bring to the attention of this group, and in fact, ask for your help about it. ... testing, we...
Hello everybody, I am trying to understand what UVB Measurements belong to which type of "Active UV Heat". There are several lamps under that name, und I just...
Hi, Sarina. Unfortunately, "Active UV Heat" is a name that has been used by several different companies and refers to several different products. To make...
My goodness - if I had a PhD I'd mail it to Frances... because she just explained all that even better than I could. That post is a keeper! I deleted it from...
Asking for your help: In this link there is a video in which you can see how a gopherus tortoise is shot by a group of idiots. My friends and I (from ...
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... Steve, We gave Francis her honorary Ph.D. last year when we had that small chat group going. Remember? She never ceases to amaze and dazzle me with her...
... Hello Garrobito, I just posted a file that shows a spectrograph of the mystic compact fluorescent bulb, at least as it stood a couple of years ago, when it...
Hi Frances, ... Yes - this I have already realized ... Does not make it easier. ... From "reading between the lines" of some emails of different companies I...
Not really, but I will keep on searching and writing stubbornly mails ... Sarina if Frances explanation did not answer your questions, may I ask if it's how ...
Not really, but I will keep on searching and writing stubbornly mails ... Sarina if Frances explanation did not answer your questions, may I ask if it's how ...
Hi BobMacCargar ... it's how ... Frances understood my question right, but also could not really answer it completely. ... mercury vapor ... how it ... ...
When I checked the sun, tubes, MV bulbs, with a 6.4 meter, everything seemed to be nothing more than a ratio of 1.4 the readings of the 6.2 meter. Now maybe...
I'm wondering if anyone is testing the newish T5 High Output Florescent bulbs? Looking to possibly utilize their potential for both plants (shefflera, ficus,...
Is there a T5 reptile (UV-B) bulb? I've been waiting for one for years now - the T5s have really changed reef aquaria - but so far there has been no sign of a...
There are none to my knowledge, specifically made for reptiles. However, it wouldn't surprise me if some of the current T5 bulbs did emit UVB wavelengths. ... ...
