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You can't do a 'lumen' lamp. The IR rays are what help. Anecdotally it felt good to cover my hands with the old lamps, and the cfls and LED lights never "felt"
by graphe 3y ago
You can't do a 'lumen' lamp. The IR rays are what help. Anecdotally it felt good to cover my hands with the old lamps, and the cfls and LED lights never "felt" good.
- b112 3y agoBe careful of eye damage. Cataracts form from certain frequencies of blue light, and IR can damage your retina. (There was an article about some guy with an IR heater on his desk, which was partially faulty, and emitted too much IR in a certain frequency, and damaged his eyes)
- graphe 3y agoCan you link me?
- b112 3y agohttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/344769236_Acute_phototoxic_retinopathy_due_to_infrared_heater https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344769236_Acute_pho...
- b112 3y agohttps://ehs.lbl.gov/resource/documents/radiation-protection/non-ionizing-radiation/light-and-infrared-radiation/#:~:text=Prolonged%20exposure%20to%20IR%20radiation,the%20damage%20to%20the%20retina https://ehs.lbl.gov/resource/documents/radiation-protection/.... My understanding is that typically it isn't an issue, but the hearer malfunctioned, and it was on his desk, and so he was kind of staring at it all day. I'd take care. Don't stare into the light, for starters.
- graphe 3y agoThanks for the article. Looks like he got his eyesight back so it wasn't permanent.
- hackernewds 3y agoI got a "Happy Light" for my desk that is 10k Lumens. could that be damaging my eyes?
- jacquesm 3y agoLink to that particular product please? I'll see if I can suss out the spectral emissions. In general, with lights that bright you probably don't want to be looking directly into them anyway, and you may want to add a diffusor if it isn't built in already.