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Brand MegaRay
Mac Industries Inc http://www.reptileuv.com/
Lamp Product Zone 3 T5 Fluorescent Lamp 24W
Lamp ID SW62 (04/2023)
for lamp test provided by SP Lighting
Spectrometer USB2000+
Ballast - no ballast or default/unknown ballast -
Reflector
Distance 10 cm
Age 100 hours
Originator (measurement) Sarina Wunderlich
Database entry created: Sarina Wunderlich 5/Feb/2024 ; updated: Sarina Wunderlich 5/Feb/2024

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 ( 0.29 ; 0.31 ) ( 0.3 ; 0.45 ) ( 0.23 ; 0.23 ; 0.35 )
CCT 8400 Kelvin 7400 Kelvin 6900 Kelvin
distance 0.11 0.081
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) 6400 µW/cm² = 64 W/m²
UVC ( 0 nm - 280 nm) 230 µW/cm² = 2.3 W/m²
non-terrestrial ( 0 nm - 290 nm) 235 µW/cm² = 2.35 W/m²
total2 ( 250 nm - 880 nm) 6180 µW/cm² = 61.8 W/m²
UVB (EU) ( 280 nm - 315 nm) 483 µW/cm² = 4.83 W/m²
UVB (US) ( 280 nm - 320 nm) 825 µW/cm² = 8.25 W/m²
UVA+B ( 280 nm - 380 nm) 3300 µW/cm² = 33 W/m²
Solar UVB ( 290 nm - 315 nm) 479 µW/cm² = 4.79 W/m²
UVA D3 regulating ( 315 nm - 335 nm) 1420 µW/cm² = 14.2 W/m²
UVA (EU) ( 315 nm - 380 nm) 2810 µW/cm² = 28.1 W/m²
UVA2 (medical definition) ( 320 nm - 340 nm) 1420 µW/cm² = 14.2 W/m²
UVA (US) ( 320 nm - 380 nm) 2470 µW/cm² = 24.7 W/m²
UVA1 (variant) ( 335 nm - 380 nm) 1400 µW/cm² = 14 W/m²
UVA1 (medical) ( 340 nm - 400 nm) 1090 µW/cm² = 10.9 W/m²
vis. UVA ( 350 nm - 380 nm) 473 µW/cm² = 4.73 W/m²
VIS Rep3 ( 350 nm - 600 nm) 2650 µW/cm² = 26.5 W/m²
VIS Rep4 ( 350 nm - 700 nm) 3200 µW/cm² = 32 W/m²
purple ( 380 nm - 420 nm) 278 µW/cm² = 2.78 W/m²
VIS ( 380 nm - 780 nm) 2840 µW/cm² = 28.4 W/m²
VIS2 ( 400 nm - 680 nm) 2620 µW/cm² = 26.2 W/m²
PAR ( 400 nm - 700 nm) 2690 µW/cm² = 26.9 W/m²
tmp ( 400 nm - 1100 nm) 2830 µW/cm² = 28.3 W/m²
blue ( 420 nm - 490 nm) 844 µW/cm² = 8.44 W/m²
green ( 490 nm - 575 nm) 816 µW/cm² = 8.16 W/m²
yellow ( 575 nm - 585 nm) 148 µW/cm² = 1.48 W/m²
orange ( 585 nm - 650 nm) 400 µW/cm² = 4 W/m²
red ( 650 nm - 780 nm) 354 µW/cm² = 3.54 W/m²
IRA ( 700 nm - 1400 nm) 140 µW/cm² = 1.4 W/m²
IR2 ( 720 nm - 1100 nm) 93.7 µW/cm² = 0.937 W/m²
IRB ( 1400 nm - 3000 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
Actionspectra
Erythema 33 UV-Index
Pyrimidine dimerization of DNA 302 µW/cm²
Photoceratitis 50.3 µW/cm²
Photoconjunctivitis 42.9 µW/cm²
DNA Damage 64.9
Vitamin D3 119 µW/cm²
Photosynthesis 1890 µW/cm²
Luminosity 7230 lx
Human L-Cone 1060 µW/cm²
Human M-Cone 941 µW/cm²
Human S-Cone 728 µW/cm²
CIE X 952 µW/cm²
CIE Y 1010 µW/cm²
CIE Z 1330 µW/cm²
PAR 13200000 mol photons
Extinction preD3 1320 e-3*m²/mol
Extinction Tachysterol 3590 e-3*m²/mol
Exctincition PreD3 682000 m²/mol
Extinction Lumisterol 390 m²/mol
Exctincition Tachysterol 4870000 m²/mol
Extinction 7DHC 320 m²/mol
L-Cone 871 µW/cm²
M-Cone 883 µW/cm²
S-Cone 1330 µW/cm²
U-Cone 763 µW/cm²
UVR - ICNIRP 2004 53.8 Rel Biol Eff
Melatonin Supression 965 µW/cm²
Blue Light Hazard 844 µW/cm² (117 µW/cm² per 1000 lx)
CIE 174:2006 PreVit D3 131 µW/cm²
Lumen Reptil 8440 "pseudo-lx"
Vitamin D3 Degradation 162 µW/cm²
Actinic UV 53.6 µW/cm² (74.2 mW/klm)
Exctincition Lumisterol 325000 m²/mol
Exctincition 7DHC 297000 m²/mol
Exctincition Toxisterols 314000 m²/mol
Broadbandmeters
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, pre 2010) 1010 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UV-Index, pre 2010) 35.7
Leybold UVB 704 µW/cm²
Leybold UVA 1720 µW/cm²
Leybold UVC 27.2 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVB 1750 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVC 273 µW/cm²
Vernier UVB 225 µW/cm²
Vernier UVA 2170 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVA 2340 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVB 344 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVC 36.6 µW/cm²
Luxmeter 7510 lx
Solarmeter 6.4 (D3) 111 IU/min
UVX-31 1870 µW/cm²
IL UVB 0.419 µW/cm²
IL UVA 1900 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UVI, post 2010) 30.4 UV-Index
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, post 2010) 682 µW/cm² (Solarmeter Ratio = 22.5)
Solarmeter AlGaN 6.5 UVI sensor 421 UV Index
GenUV 7.1 UV-Index 25.1 UV-Index
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) (manuf.) 42.1 W/m²
Solarmeter 4.0 (UVA) 24.1 mW/cm²
LS122 (manuf.) 0.0325 W/m²
ISM400 (first guess) 21 W/m²
LS122 (assumption) 0.951 W/m²
ISM400_new 16.8 W/m²
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) (assumption) 32.8 W/m²