Reptile Lamp Database

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Brand Arcadia
UK company https://www.arcadiareptile.com/
Lamp Product D3+ Reptile Lamp 15W
12% UVB , 7500K
Lamp ID BA10 (10/2007)
Spectrometer USB 2000
Ballast - no ballast or default/unknown ballast -
Reflector
Distance 10 cm
Age 1 hours
Originator (measurement) Frances Baines
Database entry created: Sarina Wunderlich 9/Nov/2009 ; updated: Sarina Wunderlich 9/Oct/2011

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.

WARNING: The measurement range (350 - 800 nm) is not sufficient for this evaluation! Data is only available in the range 250.17 - 780.01 nm. Results are shown anyway but should be ignored by anyone except experts.

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 ( 0.3 ; 0.31 ) ( 0.38 ; 0.44 ) ( 0.25 ; 0.29 ; 0.33 )
CCT 7800 Kelvin 5400 Kelvin 5800 Kelvin
distance 0.095 0.076
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) 959 µW/cm² = 9.59 W/m²
UVC ( 0 nm - 280 nm) 2.77 µW/cm² = 0.0277 W/m²
non-terrestrial ( 0 nm - 290 nm) 3.42 µW/cm² = 0.0342 W/m²
total2 ( 250 nm - 880 nm) 959 µW/cm² = 9.59 W/m²
UVB (EU) ( 280 nm - 315 nm) 57.6 µW/cm² = 0.576 W/m²
UVB (US) ( 280 nm - 320 nm) 93.3 µW/cm² = 0.933 W/m²
UVA+B ( 280 nm - 380 nm) 338 µW/cm² = 3.38 W/m²
Solar UVB ( 290 nm - 315 nm) 56.9 µW/cm² = 0.569 W/m²
UVA D3 regulating ( 315 nm - 335 nm) 139 µW/cm² = 1.39 W/m²
UVA (EU) ( 315 nm - 380 nm) 281 µW/cm² = 2.81 W/m²
UVA2 (medical definition) ( 320 nm - 340 nm) 140 µW/cm² = 1.4 W/m²
UVA (US) ( 320 nm - 380 nm) 245 µW/cm² = 2.45 W/m²
UVA1 (variant) ( 335 nm - 380 nm) 142 µW/cm² = 1.42 W/m²
UVA1 (medical) ( 340 nm - 400 nm) 114 µW/cm² = 1.14 W/m²
vis. UVA ( 350 nm - 380 nm) 49.2 µW/cm² = 0.492 W/m²
VIS Rep3 ( 350 nm - 600 nm) 481 µW/cm² = 4.81 W/m²
VIS Rep4 ( 350 nm - 700 nm) 639 µW/cm² = 6.39 W/m²
purple ( 380 nm - 420 nm) 42.4 µW/cm² = 0.424 W/m²
VIS ( 380 nm - 780 nm) 618 µW/cm² = 6.18 W/m²
PAR ( 400 nm - 700 nm) 581 µW/cm² = 5.81 W/m²
blue ( 420 nm - 490 nm) 173 µW/cm² = 1.73 W/m²
green ( 490 nm - 575 nm) 174 µW/cm² = 1.74 W/m²
yellow ( 575 nm - 585 nm) 22.4 µW/cm² = 0.224 W/m²
orange ( 585 nm - 650 nm) 102 µW/cm² = 1.02 W/m²
red ( 650 nm - 780 nm) 104 µW/cm² = 1.04 W/m²
IRA ( 700 nm - 1400 nm) 28.5 µW/cm² = 0.285 W/m²
IRB ( 1400 nm - 3000 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
Actionspectra
Erythema 4.69 UV-Index
Pyrimidine dimerization of DNA 36 µW/cm²
Photoceratitis 6.59 µW/cm²
Photoconjunctivitis 2.59 µW/cm²
DNA Damage 3.15
Vitamin D3 15.8 µW/cm²
Photosynthesis 414 µW/cm²
Luminosity 1490 lx
Human L-Cone 220 µW/cm²
Human M-Cone 192 µW/cm²
Human S-Cone 142 µW/cm²
CIE X 199 µW/cm²
CIE Y 207 µW/cm²
CIE Z 265 µW/cm²
PAR 2780000 mol photons
Extinction preD3 125 e-3*m²/mol
Extinction Tachysterol 404 e-3*m²/mol
Exctincition PreD3 71800 m²/mol
Extinction Lumisterol 36.2 m²/mol
Exctincition Tachysterol 563000 m²/mol
Extinction 7DHC 38 m²/mol
L-Cone 183 µW/cm²
M-Cone 212 µW/cm²
S-Cone 244 µW/cm²
U-Cone 102 µW/cm²
UVR - ICNIRP 2004 5.1 Rel Biol Eff
Melatonin Supression 200 µW/cm²
Blue Light Hazard 161 µW/cm² (108 µW/cm² per 1000 lx)
CIE 174:2006 PreVit D3 17.4 µW/cm²
Lumen Reptil 1680 "pseudo-lx"
Vitamin D3 Degradation 18.7 µW/cm²
Actinic UV 5.07 µW/cm² (33.9 mW/klm)
Exctincition Lumisterol 44000 m²/mol
Exctincition 7DHC 42400 m²/mol
Exctincition Toxisterols 19800 m²/mol
Broadbandmeters
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, pre 2010) 113 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UV-Index, pre 2010) 4.71
Leybold UVB 79.2 µW/cm²
Leybold UVA 171 µW/cm²
Leybold UVC 2.12 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVB 182 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVC 24.8 µW/cm²
Vernier UVB 27.8 µW/cm²
Vernier UVA 218 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVA 234 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVB 40.8 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVC 2.22 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.4 (D3) 14.7 IU/min
UVX-31 195 µW/cm²
IL UVB 0.0467 µW/cm²
IL UVA 190 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UVI, post 2010) 3.95 UV-Index
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, post 2010) 73.8 µW/cm² (Solarmeter Ratio = 18.7)
Solarmeter AlGaN 6.5 UVI sensor 50.3 UV Index
GenUV 7.1 UV-Index 2.87 UV-Index
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) 7.76 W/m²
Solarmeter 4.0 (UVA) 2.46 mW/cm²
LS122 0 W/m²
ISM400 4.68 W/m²