Does anyone use any sort of UV light meter to check the UV bulbs in their enclosure?
UV meter?
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I use a solar meter 6.2
coreyc: where do you get your meter?
Never mind- I just found Light Your Reptiles!!!
Never mind- I just found Light Your Reptiles!!!
Moozilion said:coreyc: where do you get your meter?
Never mind- I just found Light Your Reptiles!!!
That's where I got mine
Tortus said:
I had the same thought a couple years ago until I saw the price...
Jaizei- Why is a 6.5 better than a 6.2? Just curious.
Moozilion said:
For reference, in case you haven't already read it.
The 6.2 measures UVB in µW/cm². But does not take into account the intensity of the UVB. A 6.5 measures the UV index which does. The following from the above link sums it up.
How can 100 µW/cm² of light from one lamp be "stronger" than 100 µW/cm² from another?
Low wavelength UVB is more photo-active than high wavelength UVB.
To understand this, think about strong whisky and light, low-alcohol wine. Imagine that high wavelength UVB is like very light wine whereas low wavelength UVB is like neat malt whisky. You could drink one large glass of either, but the effects they would have on you would be very different. A few hours of 100 µW/cm² of higher wavelength UVB, like sunlight on a spring day, might not have much effect upon your eyes or skin, but expose yourself to a couple of hours of 100 µW/cm² of really low wavelength UVB and you would really regret it later.
But a UVB meter would read just 100 µW/cm² in both cases..............
Thanks again, jaizei! The articles were partly over my head, but I think I got some useful ideas. Makes me even more likely to go with Arcadia for my UV light.
Do you use a UV meter? If so, what type?
Do you use a UV meter? If so, what type?
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