Trying To Find Infrared Light Bulb

Mittir

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It is bit confusing when RP talks about red light therapy.
By red light he means both orange, red and infra-red.
You will need clear bulb for that. Red tinted bulbs block
orange light. The link did not provide the voltage, 130 volts give better ratio
of red to blue. 120 volt is fine but 130 is better. This one is the clear version, still
no mention of volt. Heat lamp usually has 130 volt.
http://t.homedepot.com/p/Philips-250-Wa ... 202768698/

Edit: Amazon lists the same bulb as 120 volt.
http://www.amazon.com/Phillips-416743-2 ... B0066L0ZRU
 
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Mittir,

I purchased the clear one you recommended. How often should I use it? Where have you seen the best results?
 

Mittir

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I use it from sunset till bed time. I kind of miss it when i am not in my room.
First few days it feel strange then you get used to it. I just have to eat liver
regularly to support extra vitamin A used under red light.
I think at least few hours after sunset is helpful. I think the best result is the
instant improvement in mood. It is the simplest way to make things better.
 

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Mittir said:
It is bit confusing when RP talks about red light therapy.
By red light he means both orange, red and infra-red.
You will need clear bulb for that. Red tinted bulbs block
orange light.
The link did not provide the voltage, 130 volts give better ratio
of red to blue. 120 volt is fine but 130 is better. This one is the clear version, still
no mention of volt. Heat lamp usually has 130 volt.
http://t.homedepot.com/p/Philips-250-Wa ... 202768698/

Edit: Amazon lists the same bulb as 120 volt.
http://www.amazon.com/Phillips-416743-2 ... B0066L0ZRU


Does this mean bulbs with an orange coating, provided you could find them, would block blue but still allow through orange, red and infrared? If so, it would be very interesting to experiment with both and note the difference in affects, if any.
 

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Mittir, what is the purpose of the Bayco reflector? I've read Rob Turner's chicken light article but he doesn't really expand on why to use it. Is it to "concentrate" the intensity of the light straight-wards, rather than have it distribute outwards in a kind of large circle?
 
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Hello all

I find it troublesome to find a good lamp that will work with light therapy. I really need it because I live in a very dark place of our world. Ive used a light therapy lamp from philips but it is more for seasonal mood disorder I think.

http://www.granngarden.se/Sortiment/Lan ... 62776_BASE

Infrared 250w

http://www.granngarden.se/Sortiment/Lan ... 84141_BASE

Heatlamp no colour 150w gives out nice heat

http://www.granngarden.se/Sortiment/Lan ... /p/1195010

And then the chicken brooder thingy

Yeah or nay?
 
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gummybear

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Mittir please if you read this can you respond you are the turboposter here
 

tara

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I think I'd go with the untinted one, not the red, for more of the desirable spectrum.
 

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I might be wrong - I thought 600 - 900 nm was good for restoring cytochrome oxidase, and that Peat recommended clear incandescents over the red-tinted ones?
 

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I think this means we can use a lot of the 600- 900nm light, some of it by internally retransmitting at slightly longer wavelengths.

heelspurs said:
CCO absorbs energy from 600-900 nm (2.8 eV) photons and reflects them individually with a slightly longer wavelength (approx 50 nm longer), extracting about 0.1 eV of energy in assisting the 0.80 eV (not 0.43 eV) released from a molecule of ATP. If CCO in the body is able to absorb 5% of the 1E17 photons/cm^2 (30 mW/cm^2) in the 600-900 nm range from bright Sun over 0.5 m^2 of skin for 4 hours, then the body has gained 0.030*0.05*5000 cm^2 * 0.1/2.8 = 0.27 watts while using about 100 watts during those 4 hours (0.9 kcalories), making us 0.27% photosynthetic during those 4 hours. The light is directly photo-assisting in the creation of the ATP chemical energy. This does not include the calories absorbed from light that reduces the need for maintaining body temperature.
http://heelspurs.com/led.html
 
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Hi all,

I'm new.

Is there a clear consensus on this forum as to what the best red light bulb is?

Thank you!

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