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Just been looking into UV lamps and stumbled across this very interesting website which I thought may be of interest - probably common knowledge to most of you but it was a real eye- opener to get a better understanding of how these systems work in reptiles.

http://www.uvguide.co.uk/index.htm
 

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I'm so glad to see something "official" on the compact bulbs. Many people who haven't seen this first hand don't really believe it happens. Thank you so much for the link.
 

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Great thread and link. Thank you. I will be stealing that link for a chameleon forum I belong to.
 

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It is frustrating because it is such good info, but it does not seem to be updated since about 2008, and they took some really good stuff off-line for it.

Another good UV site is http://www.reptileuvinfo.com/document-list.php. It is full of great articles, although some are kind of hard to find in the lists. Some really good ones are:
- http://www.reptileuvinfo.com/docs/exotic-vet-vol9-3.pdf- good starter article on reptile lighting
- http://www.reptileuvinfo.com/docs/artificial-ultraviolet-exposure-chameleon.pdf- good article on effects of different kinds of UVB light, a strong argument for low-level long bulbs.
- http://www.testudo.cc/- technical but good article on UVB for reptiles

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Oh thank you I will have a look at those... Knowledge is power and all that ;)

My partner found a way to view the historical data on the site- if you're interested I can tell you how it was done
 
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