Hello, I have data I would like to replicte but it calls for UV-b irradiance of 13 kJ/m^2. I have tried a few ways I can think of and I don't think I have the...
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Andy B
oldchameleon
Mar 3, 2010 8:50 am
kJ (or just J) is units for an amount of energy. uW (or just W) is an energy rate ie. J per unit time (in this case, 1 second) The 13kJ/m2 figure does not...
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Andy B
oldchameleon
Mar 3, 2010 9:36 am
I think the most important to thing is to understand what you can and can't do with it. It took us a long time to get our heads around that. As a professional...
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Sarina Wunderlich
sarina.wunde...
Mar 3, 2010 2:57 pm
Hi, I am quite happy with what I know about extracting information from spectrum measurements, but I have worked not enough with spectrometers myself (and if...
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jrdmck
Mar 3, 2010 4:37 pm
Hello, Thanks for the help. What you wrote and what I calculated are the same (pretty much). I forgot to write the figure of 13 kJ/m^2 was the total UV-b...
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Andy B
oldchameleon
Mar 3, 2010 7:10 pm
I think something got a bit twisted in there. That's not quite what I get. Watts already have time factored in them. If you divide by time you get Joules...
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jrdmck
Mar 3, 2010 8:38 pm
Hello, Thanks again, I see your points. The funny part is 124 uW/cm^2 is the figure I fist calculated too, but I thought that was too high so I re-worked my...
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Torey
lemurama
Mar 3, 2010 9:33 pm
Thank you so much to everyone who has replied! (Any other input is, of course, always welcome!) I'll post again after some decisions have been made. Many...
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windingroadep3
Mar 7, 2010 7:04 am
Responding to this bit: "In one of your photos, I could see some Zilla Tropical 25 coil lamps in blister packs on the row below. Next time you go there, could...
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Kevin Zamp
windingroadep3
Mar 7, 2010 7:37 am
I uploaded the photos to the phtoto gallery: ...
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vitd295nm
Mar 13, 2010 2:49 pm
The 6.2 meter master NIST traceable calibration was done using a pair of typical tanning lamps peaking at 350nm UVA with ~7% UVB. Spectrum similar (but not...
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Bob Maccargar
bmaccargar
Mar 16, 2010 2:42 pm
Interesting study in UK on the reduction of vitamin D because of V A http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/03/16/warning-new-pr ...
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LINDA BEASLEY
spiritdragon57
Mar 16, 2010 6:38 pm
ARTICLE WOULD NOT COME UP. DO YOU SELL A GOOD QUALITY VITAMIN? VIT. D SUPPLEMENT?  WOULD 'HUMAN' QUALITY WORK FOR A BEARDED DRAGON?--- On Tue, 3/16/10,...
I need some advice. I have two 40Watt 1.2m exo-terra 5.0 UV lamps set up on the ceiling of my Iguana enclosure. The globes are around 60 to 70 centimetres away...
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uro_keeper
Mar 20, 2010 4:34 pm
I would ditch it and get a Mega Ray MVB and a halogen flood with it so the animal can move in and out of the UV light and still get up to PBT under the...
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uro_keeper
Mar 20, 2010 4:35 pm
you don't want the tubes to shatter in the cage if the iguana knock them around....you may have a dead iguana or huge vet bills, it's no worth it in my honest...
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lilacdawndragon
Mar 20, 2010 9:19 pm
Hi, Ridolf. Welcome to the group. I just started testing some 30" ReptiGlo 10.0 tubes and even these 10.0 tubes are only giving me UV Index 1.1 - 1.3 at 60cm,...
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Bob Maccargar
bmaccargar
Mar 22, 2010 7:22 pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7441002/Snakes-have-heat-seeking-v ision.html Best Regards, Bob MacCargar ReptileUV www.reptileuv.com (If responding...
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Torey
lemurama
Mar 30, 2010 6:45 pm
Thanks again to everyone who provided input on this question. Here's a note from the hubby: *Thank you so much for the advice. Read everything with much...
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Melissa
playnwifsnot
Apr 8, 2010 6:02 pm
OK so someone please dispell this myth for me. I personally dont use either of these I use a Mega-ray instead. Which of these is safer to use? Do they both...
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Kevin Zamp
windingroadep3
Apr 8, 2010 6:19 pm
ZooMed puts out a better product... But it is a good idea to use your meter to be sure of the output at whatever distance you are using it at. Kevin. Sent from...
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Melissa Walker
playnwifsnot
Apr 8, 2010 6:25 pm
lol I dont have a meter that is why I was asking. I know the Reptisun is known to cause skin and eye issues if they got to close. My question is do you have to...
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Kevin Zamp
windingroadep3
Apr 8, 2010 6:29 pm
These issues with eyes are related to the use of 10.0 cfls. The new cfl should cause issue. Take a look in the photo section I have some pics loaded showing...
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lilacdawndragon
Apr 8, 2010 7:41 pm
Hi, Melissa and Kevin. Welcome to the forum, Melissa. (I recognise your name from the Pogona Diseases Group :-) ) Melissa... Kevin is right, I have never heard...
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Kevin Zamp
windingroadep3
Apr 8, 2010 8:11 pm
I have a 18" exoterra linear lamp I got at a show in January... I think it is a 5.0...... I'll look into it and take some readings, however I do not have a 6.5...
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maria_mimmih
Apr 11, 2010 9:37 am
Hi, I wonder if there has been any approvements for ExoTerra ReptiGlo Compact Lamp 10.0 or shall you still avoid this lamp? Best regards from Maria...
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MadMike
michael.capek
Apr 12, 2010 5:48 pm
Hi everybody, I have tested one Repti-Glo 10.0 26W compact lamp, which send me keeper whoose Bearded Dragon had problems with eyes(shut) and the animal was...
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Brett
herphut
Apr 13, 2010 1:23 am
I said Hi a while back but lost contact so... Hey guys & gals I run HerpHut, an at best "Hobby type business" its pretty fun for my daughters and I :) Just...
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lilacdawndragon
Apr 13, 2010 2:01 am
Hi, everybody. I'm looking forward to testing Mike's lamps. I tested two ReptiGlo 10.0 26W lamps in March 2009 and they were quite different to Mike's, with a...
