MATT A

Yes it's pretty low reading. Is the unit on when you take the meter reading?

MATT A

Yes it's pretty low reading. Is the unit on when you take the meter reading?

caribbean tan man

my 100 watt lamps meter 14-15 through acrylics with 5.0 meter call heartland and ask to talk to a tech guy not a sales person good luck

as far as hot beds i tell the customers if heat tanned you id have a salon full of saunas

chester

First, everyone is right... Heat doesn't tan the customer. A customer who is comfortable while they are tanning will get just as much color as someone who leaves pools of sweat behind. The sweathog will probably have more red color due to being hot. Of course, this is deceiving because many tanners equate the color red or being burned with getting a lot of color.

Second, a UV meter is only meant to be used as a reference. A brand new bulb without an acrylic that reads a 9 doesn't necessarily tan better than a bulb that reads a 5. A UV meter is only meant to tell you when to change your bulbs. And it only works when you establish a baseline everytime you change your bulbs. For example, when you put new bulbs in your bed, take a base line reading without the acrylic. Say it reads 20. If you are going to change your bulbs when it reaches 50% of it's original reading, you need to periodically take a meter reading without the acrylic. When it reaches 10, you know it's time to change the bulbs. So, you can't compare bulbs using a UV meter.

MATT A

True Chester but 9 is pretty low.

jkonturas

Okay, now Im gonna get involved.... I-) First of all, EVERYONES READINGS ARE GONNA BE DIFFERENT!! With that said, the Solar Meter you are using, is the same one everyone else has. For a regular 20 minute bed (28/100 watt lamps)- BRAND NEW you will get a reading of between 18-22. Once you have that reading of the brand new lamps, you watch it decrease as time go's on..... The General Rule is, once the meter reading is down to only 70% of its original reading- its time to change the lamps. So if it is a reading of 20 at the brand new point, when they drop down to 14 you need to change them. Now you want my opinion, you change them once they are 16-17 if you are a good salon. If those lamps you have are reading 8-10...... LMFAO... you need to change them ASAP!! JMHO

HOT STUFF

Just changed bulbs in a couple of our Puretan base beds ( 28 lamps ) and the meter reads 25. We change them when they read 18. If the meter Sunchick has is the same as mine, I don't know how she is tanning anything at 8.

crzytanner

can someone tell me how much one of these meters cost??? i know where to get one, just want to know how much.

SUNDAZED1

you are right. Nine seems real low! Mine 100w read in th emid twenties. usually changge when they drop 30%.

SUNDAZED1

Lol sorry for the errors! The keys on my laptop are sticking! wonder what my 17 year old had for lunch today! ugh!