People need ultraviolet light in a moderate dosage. This need can be met only in the summer, on sunny days. The rest of the time, there is a risk of ultraviolet deficiency. Replenish or prevent it will help a quartz lamp for the house.
Types of UV lamps
There are several classifications of ultraviolet lamps for different parameters. By the principle of ozone formation, the devices are divided into:
- Ozone - radiation interacts with oxygen, ozone is formed, at high concentrations is harmful to the body. If an ozone lamp is installed in the room for quartz, it is important to ventilate frequently.
- Non-zoned - the lamp bulb is made of quartz glass with a special coating. Ozone in the interaction with air is not generated.
In terms of mobility, bactericidal lamps can be:
- portable - easily move from room to room;
- stationary - disinfect more rooms, are used in medical institutions.
According to the principle of operation and function, UV-devices are divided into:
- open - scatter ultraviolet throughout the room, used in the absence of people and animals, these are quartz lamps for disinfection of the room;
- closed( recirculators) - handle a certain object, after switching on the device does not need to leave the room;
- special applications( both medical and household) - are used for physiotherapeutic treatment of diseases, help to fight against colds, supplemented with nozzles, glasses, used to get a tan, this is the most common UV lamp for home use.
Depending on the method of fixing, there are quartz:
- floor;
- hinged;
- desktop.
What is a quartz lamp for?
Quartz UV lamp is a device based on quartz glass, allowing only the rays of the ultraviolet spectrum. This radiation has bactericidal properties, provokes the production of vitamin D by the human body, strengthens the immune system in winter, compensating for the deficit of sun rays. Ultraviolet lamps for home use are used to disinfect the room, dry the nails after applying the manicure, give the skin the color of sunburn and cope with a number of diseases.
Irradiation is divided into general and local, using attachments( tubes), focusing radiation in a given area. The instructions describe in detail what a specific nozzle is for, how long it can be exposed to UV rays, and what is the radiation spectrum of a particular appliance for home use. Indications for the use of a medical UV lamp:
- colds, acute respiratory viral infections, influenza, inflammations of ENT organs;
- skin diseases: eczema, psoriasis, etc.;
- joint disease;
- prevention of rickets;
- difficult healing wounds;
- ulcers, pressure sores;
- gynecological indications;
- neuritis.
Quartz household bactericide
An ultraviolet irradiator is needed to quartze the room, destroying viruses and other infectious agents. A bactericidal lamp for a home is useful to families where there are often sick babies. The device for home use can be decontaminated apartment for half an hour a day, it should be turned on for 15 minutes, then take a break for a quarter of an hour, and reactivate the device for another time. In this mode, he works in a room of up to 20 square meters.
For tanning at home
Not all UV lamps for home use are suitable for getting a tan. If you try to tan under an ultraviolet device that is not intended for this, there is a risk of getting burned, accelerating the aging of the skin. In instructions for quartz devices for special applications, there is often a note that the device performs the function of a mini-solarium. It is not necessary to buy a quartz only for sunburn, many medical UV devices possess this property. There are special installations created for sunbathers, mini-solariums.
Ultraviolet lamp for plants
A conventional ultraviolet lamp for disinfection of premises is not suitable for highlighting seedlings or a home garden. When there is room treatment with an open lamp, plants are recommended to clean, because the excess of UV-rays for them is harmful and even disastrous. Manufacturers produce phyto-lamps based on light-emitting diodes for the illumination of green plantations in the period of lack of natural light.
This does not mean that ultraviolet is absolutely contraindicated for plants, for example, UV rays whose wavelength is 315-380 nm, stimulate the process of vitamin synthesis, waves of 280-315 nm in length make the plants more cold-resistant, so be sure to read the instructions to your UV- device for adjusting the parameters of radiation power, wavelength. For pest control it is useful to include an ultraviolet irradiator for home use for several minutes( no more than 3-5).
How to choose a quartz lamp for a house
To understand which ultraviolet lamp for your home use is right for you, you need to understand how it will be used. If you need a bactericidal lamp for the house to disinfect the room, and there is an opportunity to eliminate all households, including animals and your favorite plants, from this time, you can plan the purchase of an open lamp. Such devices kill microorganisms on all surfaces that ultraviolet can reach, they are turned on to treat the room when the apartment has a sick child or an adult( in the absence of people).
Devices that can safely operate indoors with people are open-type irradiators with a screen or recirculators. There are models whose purpose is disinfection of surfaces and enclosed spaces: shelves in cabinets, refrigerators and so on. Choosing the capacity of equipment, it is important to know the volume of the room in which it will function. The choice between wall, mobile or portable models depends on whether you are going to move the installation.
Attention must also be paid to the technical data of the device, the availability of a warranty, the manufacturer's brand. Before buying, read reviews about popular devices. If you buy a small device with nozzles for quartz quartz movement, it is worthwhile to know that if you remove all these tubes, you can procarate a small area of an apartment, not more than 3 square meters. This is enough to conduct local disinfection of the crib, bathroom, but not enough for the entire room.
How much does the bacteriocidal irradiator
Prices for home "microbial fighters" start from 1200 rubles and reach the level of 30 000 rubles( and sometimes overcome it).This is only quartz, the cost of home tanning salons is not taken into account. Select a decent version of the device for home use at a suitable price easily, the range is rich, popular models from the Russian manufacturer, producing quartz "Solnyshko".The average price of a high-quality functional ultraviolet device of this firm is 2100-2900 rubles.
Another well-known manufacturer - "Crystal".Simple open irradiators made under this brand cost 1,800 rubles, the recycler is sold for 4,500-4,700 rubles, there are models with a timer. Another Russian company that produces microbicides is Electronics. The average cost of its UV-irradiator is 3000 rubles. The instruments of the more expensive Dezar class cost around 10,000 rubles.
The ultra-violet lamp with their own hands
Fans of household equipment share their experience of making a mini-quartz maker for home use, which is quite suitable to disinfect the cellar or other utility room. You need a DRL lamp. To process the pantry, a small room, enough lamps less than 125 watts. A large cellar needs a more powerful one. The lamp should be placed in a bag or wrapped in a rag, put on gloves, goggles, and gently break the bulb of the lamp, without damaging its interior.
Caution is needed, since the DRL contains mercury. The sealed tube, left after removing the outer bulb, is a quartz lamp. Further it needs to be connected to the throttle, or in series to connect to it an incandescent lamp. You can assemble a quartz lamp on the basis of any table lamp, it is convenient that with a clothespin that allows you to direct the radiation flux. Ultraviolet rays formed by a homemade device are dangerous for the skin and eye retina, a prerequisite: use it only in the absence of people, animals, plants.
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Reviews
Anastasia, 32 years : We have two ultraviolet irradiators in our family: open and closed. Have got used to use both. One quartz room, the second is used with nozzles. Bought a lamp because of health problems, my and the baby. The purpose of the purchase was: to be sick less, and we achieved this. Quartz has simply saved us!
Sergey, 28 years old : A year ago I bought a device with attachments to treat a child who went to the kindergarten and is ill all the time. Runny nose began to pass much faster, there is something to compare, the effectiveness of quartz is not in doubt. Somehow he very strongly caught a cold, but with the help of a lamp quickly went on the mend.