Has anyone taken a reading on the GE Daylight 6500K? I'm really interested in what these bulbs put out. I was using them with my baby Bearded Dragons and have...
check the recent posts....there is reports of the problems along with links to some fantastic research by Fran Diane Exotic Pet Rescue and Adoption ...
Hey Rich, These lamps were not designed to put out ultraviolet. These are daylight lamps. The 6500K leans towards the blue side. I prefer 5000 K. lamps...
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Fortunately Michael Zimmermann from www.terra-lights.de borrowed me a lucky reptile bright sun uv spot and jungle (70W) for testing. Results: 1) Power...
... a ... Hello Serena, The Chinese company that are building these lamps, contacted me a little over a year ago and asked me to test some bulbs for them. They...
... \> ... \ Oh, something else, I should've added. You've got to be very careful about breaking the outer envelope of these metal halide bulbs from Lucky...
... hallo bob, thanks for the enlightening infos on bulb design. thats what they dont tell us on the package. "Our externally ballasted MegaRay is also set in...
Hello Bob, first: Thanks for your detailed response. Can you tell me what Chinese Company you are speaking of? I wrote in the beginning about the spectra of...
Sarina, I did look at the spectral response curves of the three meters. Sorry to inform you that your UVC meter is "leaking".... it is picking up irradiance...
They are only a heat/light bulb...they are not uvb.. uva..yes... I've been using the zoo med halogen lights for light and heat...igs just love them..have a...
Hello Henry, The prototype metal halide reptile lamp that I sent you almost a year ago, was custom made for me by a Chinese company. As a matter of fact,...
... No, unfortunately, I am not at liberty to do that. I belong to an international trade that allows you to post what you want, and it has literally...
I think oodles of people are going to suck for this then. It says clearly that it does give off uvb. :( http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/solar_glo.php I...
You had specifically asked for the Exo Terra Sun Glo. This is UVA only...the Solar Glo is an entirely different bulb which does produce UVB. I don't know of...
Oop, what a moron. Saw solar, typed sun. And I wondered why everyone said they had no uvb. I'm tempted to buy one and run the meter over it. Maybe next time I...
Sun Glo - Basking bulb w/ UVA SOLAR Glo - Self-ballasted MV ... -- -Will Hayward ... No Part of this email may be reproduce without the permission of Will ...
Hallo Bob, ... ok. ... oh. I see. ... Yes this is a big danger. ... Have you any theory why? There is also a gradient when using "normal" metal halide lamps....
Hello Steve, ... You do not have to inform me, and you do not have to be sorry ;-) I know that the solartec 8.0 goes much softer down to zero at 280nm, that...
... hallo sarina, intersting datas on uva and uva is an issue for reptiles as tetrachromates (at least some of them): what type of merc vapors and metal...
Hi Sarina, Yes.... only an expensive spectralradiometer could "equally weight" all wavelengths of UVC (or UVB or UVA for that matter), wheras broadband UV...
... Ultimately, a real spectralradiometer scan should be ... Hello Steve, As I said earlier, Francis Baines has already done this for us months before this...
Hi Bob, Frances can elaborate when she returns... but my understanding is that her Ocean Optics spectralradiometer has a signal-to-noise concern down in the...
Hi All Long time reader first time poster I have one of these Solar Glow Lamp and a UV meter 6.2 and Have another on the way I run a small Reptile supply...
... Let's see if I can shed some "light" on this mercury vapor bulb that we've been discussing. And possibly someone can help me out by finding the links to...
