Reptile Lamp Database

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CCT:1019 4996K
CRI DC:1017 4.87E-3
CRI R01:1002 24.8 (4996K)
CRI R02:1003 55.3 (4996K)
CRI R03:1004 67.8 (4996K)
CRI R04:1005 15.5 (4996K)
CRI R05:1006 14.7 (4996K)
CRI R06:1007 14.1 (4996K)
CRI R07:1008 60.7 (4996K)
CRI R08:1009 29.0 (4996K)
CRI R09:1010 -147.1 (4996K)
CRI R10:1011 -13.9 (4996K)
CRI R11:1012 -8.5 (4996K)
CRI R12:1013 -12.3 (4996K)
CRI R13:1014 33.5 (4996K)
CRI R14:1015 80.3 (4996K)
CRI R15:1016 17.1 (4996K)
CRI Ra:1001 35.3 (4996K)
DC<5.4E-3:1018 true

Area (m²):1040 1.1946E-5
Illuminance (lux):1042 1.6795E4
Luminance (candela per m²):1044 1.6795E4
Luminous Flux (lumen):1041 2.0063E-1
Luminous intensity (candela):1043 2.0063E-1
Observer:1038 Photopic
Solid Angle (steradians):1039 1.0
Source:1037 FLMT09760

Device Source:1022 FLMT09760
Integration Begin:1023 270.00
Integration End:1024 850.00
Method:1025 Uses Simpson's Rule for integration.
Moles of Photons:1034 9.3679E-11
PAR uMoles/m²/sec:1036 2.3506E2
PAR uMoles:1035 4.7737E-5
Photons/cm²/sec:1032 2.7779E16
Total Photons:1033 5.6415E13
dBm:1030 8.5848E-1
eV:1031 1.2930E14
uJoule/cm²:1028 1.7341E2
uJoule:1026 2.0716E1
uWatt/cm²:1029 1.0201E4
uWatt:1027 1.2186E3

Measurement

Brand Fluker's
American Brand
Lamp Product Fluker's Sun Spot 160W
Mercury Vapour Bulb - 160W - Made in China
Lamp ID FL-160W-MVB (08/2022)
Fluker's 160W MVB
Spectrometer FLAME UV-Vis (E)
Ballast - no ballast or default/unknown ballast -
Reflector
Distance 10 cm
Age 1 hours
Originator (measurement) Thomas Griffiths
Database entry created: Thomas Griffiths (Tomaskas Ltd.) 30/Aug/2022 ; updated: Thomas Griffiths (Tomaskas Ltd.) 30/Aug/2022

Colorimetry

Colorimetry is the science to describe physically the human color perception. The wavelength range 380 nm - 780 nm is visible to humans and detected by three different photoreceptors. Many Reptiles see the range 350 nm - 800 nm and have an additional UV photoreceptor in their retina.

Spectrum in the visible wavelength range

Whereas a spectrometer measures the intensity in every tiny wavelength interval resulting in thousands of individual intensities, the human eye only measures three intensities detected by the three cones. The same is true for the reptile eye with usually three or four photoreceptors. Effectively the detailled spectrum displayed above reduces to a much compacter bar graph displayed below. The photoreceptor sensitivites from these L-Cone, M-Cone, S-Cone, and U-Cone are used, they are chosen as an average of measured reptile photoreceptor sensitivity curves. The bar graph also shows as reference the intensity seen by the three or four photoreceptors for average sunlight (id 1).

From these three numbers the colour coordinate and the correlated colour temperature for humans are calculated using the CIE standard method. I adapted this concept to a "3 cone reptile (M,S,U)" and a "4 cone reptile (L,M,S,U)". I am sure, that this adaption to other colour spaces makes sense mathematically and this is also done in scientific research regarding colour vision of animals, however I have not seen calculation of colour temperatures for other animals in the scientific literature. Even if it is hypothetical, at least this shows, how arbitrary the colour temperature is, and that the colour temperature calculated for humans does not apply to reptiles. The colour spaces also show the colour coordinates of different phases of daylight ((ids 1, 338451, 511513 ), indicated by crosses, coloured in the appriximate colour perceived by a human.

Human (CIE) 3 cone reptile 4 cone reptile
Cone Excitation
Colour Coordinate ( 0.35 ; 0.36 ) ( 0.12 ; 0.35 ) ( 0.26 ; 0.089 ; 0.26 )
CCT 5000 Kelvin 0 Kelvin 9600 Kelvin
distance 0 0.16
colour space 3-D-graph not implemented yet

Vitamin D3 Analysis

Vitamin D3 is produced by UVB radiation around 300 nm. 7DHC/ProD3 present in the skin is converted to PreD3 when absorbing an UV photon. PreD3 can be converted back to ProD3, to Lumisterol, or to Tachysterol when absorbing another UV photon or can be converted to Vitamin D3 in a warm environment.

This process prevents any overdose of vitamin D3 from UV radiation with a spectrum similar to sunlight. As a comparison the solar spectra at 20°(id:14) and at 85°(id:21) solar angle are shown.

Spectrum in the vitamin D3 active wavelength range

The ratio of the two solarmeters 6.2 (UVB) and 6.5 (UV index) readings has proven a useful and very simply number to acess the spectral shape in the vitamin-d3-active region.

Effective Irradiances

Effective irradiances are calculated for all ranges, actionspectra and radiometers currently present in this database.

The calculation method is a numerical implementation (Simpson's rule) of the formula

To learn more about calculating effective irradiances and radiometers I recommend this excellent report on UVB meters: Characterizing the Performance of Integral Measuring UV-Meters (pdf).

The numbers in the following tables can also be used to estimate certain (effective) irradiances from radiomer readings. Example: If the database lists

  • range: UVB (US) = 13.8 µW/cm²
  • radiometer: Solarmeter 6.2 = 19.6 µW/cm²
then any Solarmeter 6.2 reading multiplied with 0.7 (0.7=13.8/19.6) is an estimate of UVB irradiance for this specific lamp. If you do so, always make sure, that the calculated (effective) irradiance is valid. The calculated value is not valid, if the lamp's spectrum is not measured in the relevant range.

Ranges
total ( 0 nm - 0 nm) 11300 µW/cm² = 113 W/m²
UVC ( 0 nm - 280 nm) 270 µW/cm² = 2.7 W/m²
non-terrestrial ( 0 nm - 290 nm) 288 µW/cm² = 2.88 W/m²
total2 ( 250 nm - 880 nm) 10900 µW/cm² = 109 W/m²
UVB (EU) ( 280 nm - 315 nm) 780 µW/cm² = 7.8 W/m²
UVB (US) ( 280 nm - 320 nm) 818 µW/cm² = 8.18 W/m²
UVA+B ( 280 nm - 380 nm) 2590 µW/cm² = 25.9 W/m²
Solar UVB ( 290 nm - 315 nm) 761 µW/cm² = 7.61 W/m²
UVA D3 regulating ( 315 nm - 335 nm) 187 µW/cm² = 1.87 W/m²
UVA (EU) ( 315 nm - 380 nm) 1810 µW/cm² = 18.1 W/m²
UVA2 (medical definition) ( 320 nm - 340 nm) 208 µW/cm² = 2.08 W/m²
UVA (US) ( 320 nm - 380 nm) 1770 µW/cm² = 17.7 W/m²
UVA1 (variant) ( 335 nm - 380 nm) 1620 µW/cm² = 16.2 W/m²
UVA1 (medical) ( 340 nm - 400 nm) 1640 µW/cm² = 16.4 W/m²
vis. UVA ( 350 nm - 380 nm) 1510 µW/cm² = 15.1 W/m²
VIS Rep3 ( 350 nm - 600 nm) 5910 µW/cm² = 59.1 W/m²
VIS Rep4 ( 350 nm - 700 nm) 6830 µW/cm² = 68.3 W/m²
purple ( 380 nm - 420 nm) 750 µW/cm² = 7.5 W/m²
VIS ( 380 nm - 780 nm) 6430 µW/cm² = 64.3 W/m²
PAR ( 400 nm - 700 nm) 5240 µW/cm² = 52.4 W/m²
blue ( 420 nm - 490 nm) 1130 µW/cm² = 11.3 W/m²
green ( 490 nm - 575 nm) 1320 µW/cm² = 13.2 W/m²
yellow ( 575 nm - 585 nm) 1080 µW/cm² = 10.8 W/m²
orange ( 585 nm - 650 nm) 507 µW/cm² = 5.07 W/m²
red ( 650 nm - 780 nm) 1640 µW/cm² = 16.4 W/m²
IRA ( 700 nm - 1400 nm) 3150 µW/cm² = 31.5 W/m²
IRB ( 1400 nm - 3000 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
Actionspectra
Erythema 79 UV-Index
Pyrimidine dimerization of DNA 341 µW/cm²
Photoceratitis 117 µW/cm²
Photoconjunctivitis 69.3 µW/cm²
DNA Damage 107
Vitamin D3 244 µW/cm²
Photosynthesis 3490 µW/cm²
Luminosity 17200 lx
Human L-Cone 2580 µW/cm²
Human M-Cone 2110 µW/cm²
Human S-Cone 1130 µW/cm²
CIE X 2330 µW/cm²
CIE Y 2430 µW/cm²
CIE Z 1960 µW/cm²
PAR 27500000 mol photons
Extinction preD3 1810 e-3*m²/mol
Extinction Tachysterol 4830 e-3*m²/mol
Exctincition PreD3 1040000 m²/mol
Extinction Lumisterol 847 m²/mol
Exctincition Tachysterol 5880000 m²/mol
Extinction 7DHC 866 m²/mol
L-Cone 2270 µW/cm²
M-Cone 788 µW/cm²
S-Cone 2340 µW/cm²
U-Cone 3490 µW/cm²
UVR - ICNIRP 2004 121 Rel Biol Eff
Melatonin Supression 1330 µW/cm²
Blue Light Hazard 1310 µW/cm² (76.3 µW/cm² per 1000 lx)
CIE 174:2006 PreVit D3 257 µW/cm²
Lumen Reptil 18500 "pseudo-lx"
Vitamin D3 Degradation 179 µW/cm²
Actinic UV 119 µW/cm² (69.2 mW/klm)
Exctincition Lumisterol 805000 m²/mol
Exctincition 7DHC 909000 m²/mol
Exctincition Toxisterols 456000 m²/mol
Broadbandmeters
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, pre 2010) 892 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UV-Index, pre 2010) 71.5
Leybold UVB 675 µW/cm²
Leybold UVA 1200 µW/cm²
Leybold UVC 45.2 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVB 830 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVC 221 µW/cm²
Vernier UVB 310 µW/cm²
Vernier UVA 962 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVA 1630 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVB 443 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVC 56.6 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.4 (D3) 223 IU/min
UVX-31 950 µW/cm²
IL UVB 0.364 µW/cm²
IL UVA 1640 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UVI, post 2010) 52.3 UV-Index
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, post 2010) 463 µW/cm² (Solarmeter Ratio = 8.84)
Solarmeter AlGaN 6.5 UVI sensor 555 UV Index
GenUV 7.1 UV-Index 29.9 UV-Index
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) 117 W/m²
Solarmeter 4.0 (UVA) 22.8 mW/cm²
LS122 2.73 W/m²
ISM400 104 W/m²