Metering My Magic... a little alliteration

[Din]

Yes it would....my King is at approx 110 at the acrylic.....and blows over (like a drunken whore) when nearing the lamp.

[solarmeter®]

Well.... Digital Robert, post the readings on lowest tap when you get a chance.

But you might have to wait for lamp break-in at 30-50 hours before the readings settle down to what other folks consider "normal".

Meantime - you can go borrow someone's HOT NEW LAMPS neon sign!

[uv2021]

I do hope that all of the construction dust was gone before you fired up your beds.Othorwise you will be learning how to clean all of your beds sooner than you thought you would.

[Din]

uh oh...spaghettio

[Digita1B0B]

Originally Posted by uv2021

I do hope that all of the construction dust was gone before you fired up your beds.Othorwise you will be learning how to clean all of your beds sooner than you thought you would.

That's the thing. There WAS a ton of dust around, but ever since I fired up the Magic, it's all gone... that bed really is Magic.

Bob

[Din]

I know where it went.....It's in the bed now.......

[solarmeter®]

IF so... that will fix your "too high" meter readings....

[Drew]

Bullsheit on the too hot. Only people with Italian glass or bad AC will say that is too hot.

Just put in some Supra Lamps on a Magic in the OC..set the taps to 1 and it was reading 168 at the belt buckle.

Oh, and the 7.0 was reading apx 3 MEDS at 10 mins...I suggested he make ten the max for all new people with a base tan..and only let the existing vhr customers upgrade to the 12 mins.

Damn!!!!! But he was still tanning people at 12 mins ($40 bucks a pop)...and no one had problems.....good AC, good room make up air, plus the fan that comes with the bed...and OH, he has misters...so you CAN cool down a bit.

Freaking great tanning bed. Should see a new look for it come Nashville. Good bye blue.....hello PEARL WHITE and frosted acrylic. (I hope)

[Din]

Pearl white will cheapen it and look dirty all day long. The Metallic blue is amazing. But we'll see.

[Natureboy]

Originally Posted by Drew

Bullsheit on the too hot. Only people with Italian glass or bad AC will say that is too hot.

Just put in some Supra Lamps on a Magic in the OC..set the taps to 1 and it was reading 168 at the belt buckle.

Oh, and the 7.0 was reading apx 3 MEDS at 10 mins...I suggested he make ten the max for all new people with a base tan..and only let the existing vhr customers upgrade to the 12 mins.

Damn!!!!! But he was still tanning people at 12 mins ($40 bucks a pop)...and no one had problems.....good AC, good room make up air, plus the fan that comes with the bed...and OH, he has misters...so you CAN cool down a bit.

Freaking great tanning bed. Should see a new look for it come Nashville. Good bye blue.....hello PEARL WHITE and frosted acrylic. (I hope)

Your dreaming 168. There is no way the radiant heat wouldn't be too much on the stomach from that even with mug 6.

My magics are in 13x13 rooms with 8 foot walls to a 12 foot ceiling and 3.5 tons of air per room coming directly in and the beds are exhausted so cooling is not a problem and anything over 135, clients complain left and right. Unless people here are more white ass and can't handle it, but radiant heat is radiant heat.

[Jones]

Drew,
You are full of shit at 168...

[sparky]

Jonesey, here's a link to my lamp change last year.


http://www.tantoday.com/forums/attac...g?d=1142013416

here's a link to the original thread

http://www.tantoday.com/forums/high-pressure/19255-1200-hours-still-rockin.html?highlight=magic

Bob

the MED's will slow down after the glass gets solarized. typically ~50-100 hours or so. UVA stays the same though, producing a beautiful BROWN color.

[Brian Oshman]

Jonesey, here's a link to my lamp change last year.

The other key to this statement is "last year". Wait until you see how many hours you get out of a set of lamps in the Magic at 130 mw/cm² A+B.

This more then makes up for the initial Mug 6 investment.

[sparky]

Didn't say i left it at that setting

Drop the RST settings, and it's more in tune with the 130's comment. very comfortable session and great feedback.

we run 10 min sessions also at the 130 benchmark.

cleaning is must with all HP, as Brian will attest to. dirty filters and dust on the cassette glass can easily reduce output 15% or more.

3 months or 100 hours for a tear-down and clean up, with weekly visits to the filters and monthly fast clean of cassette face and acrylics.

[Brian Oshman]

I didn't say you left it at the high setting. Just making a point to how long the lamps actually last in this unit at the recommended output of 130 mw.

Isn't adjustability nice!?

Bump it up as you go. Easily get 1200 hours on a set of lamps with proper A/C setup.

[Jones]

Please dont get me started...i will want to post some pics of my own...

[CIT]

please do so.

[Drew]

Sorry guys..no BS....I used my meter......5.0 and 7.0 meters.....

I told him to run it just at 10.

It is the Supra lamps I guess that jump up over the BLV's the unit comes with.

No lie guys...I don't have time to make stuff up.

[solarmeter®]

Drew's 168 is believable and so is Digital Bob's 148 reading. Looky here:



That's a 5.0 HP meter... which climbs above 200 if you stick it to the glass (or climb atop Mt Hood with a black lab) - hence™ no decimal point.

It kinda all depends on lamp age and mfgr, tap setting, incoming V, and cleanliness. You can see that this bed is really clean. Narry a paw print or dust bunny to be seen anywhere.

What is it Richard Nixon used to say?:.... "Meters don't lie - liars meter" ... wait > was it "I'm not a crook"?

You see - thats the fun part (and the crappy part) about UV meters. People like to think... or hope... that all Magic HP's read 142 at 10 hours. Or all Ergoline 160W LP's read 34.7 at 10 hours. Not true. As my great grampa used to say when he was still kicking: It all depends.

[Jones]

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