Anyone here have any experience with the new style Reptile UV MegaRays? I just recieved a 100w self ballasted bulb and have let it burn in for 12hrs, and when using my Solar Meter 6.2 and 6.5, I'm observing some VERY troubling results.
Before people start posting their experiences from 2009 onward, I am referring to the brand new bulbs from the new manufacturer that they started shipping in 2013. I'm well aware of their previous troubles.
I've got an email into ReptileUV and am waiting for a reply. I'm just wondering if anyone with a Solartech Solarmeter 6.5 has taken any readings from their bulbs?
I'm withholding final judgment until the bulb has a couple days of burn-in time and I hear back from Reptile UV, but anyone with just a Solarmeter 6.2 needs to really consider getting a 6.5 to measure UV Index. Because the UVB readings are excellent on this bulb, but the UV index is so high that I don't even want go near it.
Right out of the box with 1hr of burn-in time I measured 200mircowatts of UVB and a UV Index of 20 at 14" from the bulb face. After 12hrs those readings are now 190microwatts of UVB and a UV index of 20 at 14" from the bulb face.
For comparison, I also measured one of my 6 month old Reptisun 10.0 tubes (T-8). To get 200microwatts of UVB the meter was moved to approximately 1" from the bulb face, where I measured of UV Index of 7. Right now outside my house in Central Texas I measured approximately 280microwatts of UVB with a UV Index of 5.9.
Before people start posting their experiences from 2009 onward, I am referring to the brand new bulbs from the new manufacturer that they started shipping in 2013. I'm well aware of their previous troubles.
I've got an email into ReptileUV and am waiting for a reply. I'm just wondering if anyone with a Solartech Solarmeter 6.5 has taken any readings from their bulbs?
I'm withholding final judgment until the bulb has a couple days of burn-in time and I hear back from Reptile UV, but anyone with just a Solarmeter 6.2 needs to really consider getting a 6.5 to measure UV Index. Because the UVB readings are excellent on this bulb, but the UV index is so high that I don't even want go near it.
Right out of the box with 1hr of burn-in time I measured 200mircowatts of UVB and a UV Index of 20 at 14" from the bulb face. After 12hrs those readings are now 190microwatts of UVB and a UV index of 20 at 14" from the bulb face.
For comparison, I also measured one of my 6 month old Reptisun 10.0 tubes (T-8). To get 200microwatts of UVB the meter was moved to approximately 1" from the bulb face, where I measured of UV Index of 7. Right now outside my house in Central Texas I measured approximately 280microwatts of UVB with a UV Index of 5.9.