Hello, Just a quick question. I was not sure if it had been posted prior to now, but I was wondering if there has been much testing done yet on the Exo terra...
Hi, I was just wondering how you convert the readinto a percentage ? I have a zoo med Digital UVB Meter and my zoo-med 10% is reading around 120 uW/cm2 but I...
JC, The meter is reading UVB only.... so you cannot convert it into a percent UVB. Percent B in the tanning lamp world is simple: UVB reading / Total UV (A+B)...
... concentrate on the actual UVB value that your meter already provides. << I would take that a bit further and seriously recommend reading the report on...
Hi, JC. Hi BobMac and Steve. Hang on a minute, BobMac! :-) We don't know what type of 10.0 bulb JC is using, or whether the lamp is in a reflector. And he...
Hi, Steve. You've got me worried now! Do you know for definite whether the reptile lamp makers include IR in the "full spectrum lamp output" figures? If so,...
If you are using a ZooMed Reptisun 10.0 tube the situation is totally different. The spectrum is much "safer". A reading of 120uW/cm2 from the long tube...
Hi, Tracie. I haven't sorted out all the results for the ExoTerra lamps (compacts and tubes) yet but here are a few basic facts. The 10.0 tube does have a...
Frances.... you caught me! I was just mad that mfgrs don't calculate % UVB the "correct way" ... so I through in IR just out of spite I guess. Just looked on a...
Frances said: "When you get a reading of 100uW/cm2 on your Solarmeter 6.2, this is equivalent to a UV Index of approximately: 1.6 - 2.0 in sunlight (depending...
hi Frances: sorry it took me long to respond. i am still searching for light(s) to replace sunlight in a roughly 6' by 3' area. i would like to take into ...
Please define what you mean by "~1366 W/m²". Of what???? That would be 136.6 mW/cm² or 136600 µW/cm².... a HUGE number. So you must be referring to UV +...
I am definitely in the "Hard to understand for almost all folks" category, but I try to follow the best I can. Y'all are so far over my head much of the time....
OK - Enough fretting over what meter reads what. The UV meters read dose RATE. Actual dose is rate times time. Units are Joules per square area. A Joule is a...
Veronica... those are good questions - not stupid at all. 1. The 6.2 UVB meter readings are still as accurate as they always were... and perfect for measuring...
hi Steve! ... yes i believe this is outer space and includes UV, visible, IR. i am interested in simulating the sun's entire spectrum, heat and all... in an...
Thank you Steve~ I was worried there was something in the redesigning of these UVB sources that the 6.2 meters would no longer read right. I really depend on...
Hi, everyone. Certainly Veronica's questions are excellent ones. Light measurement is SO complicated! I guess it's no wonder that we all find it so hard to get...
Phil, I'm sorry.. now I am being thick but I still don't understand what you are trying to do? From this post I'm making what seems to be a crazy assumption -...
BobMac, yes, the Chinese 10.0 "prototype" tubes you sent me had the same FS phosphors that the Chinese 10.0 "prototype" compacts you sent me had. The...
... Steve.... oh boy... now this is something even harder to get our heads round! :-) Yes, please explain how to calculate Eff dose from a UVI meter. However...
Hi Frances, I have the Reptisun 10.0 /20 watts 24" and mine has Germany on it. Denise, USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? ...
Frances, Hmmmm... that would mean (if we knew what dose was appropriate) that each habitat would need a separate "tanning room" with timed card- access (or...
hi Frances: i want the closest to natural sunlight (on earth), 2 meter square area, floor wood/brick, roof is room ceiling, no windows/skylights, and this is...
YAY! Thank goodness for that! I was worried for a moment back there... OK guys. That's great news. Last time I was in touch with ZooMed I asked them whether...
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The British company Arcadia have just launched a new "12% UVB" reptile tube: http://www.arcadia-uk.info/product.php?mid=12&lan=en&sub=&id=4 This will be...
Wow - very interesting spectrogram in the UV region. It rises up to near max around 310nm and stays FLAT through ~340nm before falling off out toward 400nm....
Hello Francis, That's ok, I know you are very busy! Thanks for always making the time to respond to my questions. :-) WOW, that is amazing on those results....
Hello Frances, Thanks for posting that new information! It sounds very promising for Arcadia users. That is great. I am looking forward to seeing the new...
