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anyone wear welding goggles?

J

jipedestran

So my new 1000 cool tube is lighting up my new grow space like a champ.

This new vertical thing is great. Problem is my eyes cannot take it.

I have been wearing my Maui Jims polarized, uva uvb blocking shades and my retinas are still gettin torched....

just placed an order today for welders goggles.

anyone else every tried this?

peace
jip
 
G

Guest

i guess you dont hang out in the sun much...dont look directly at the bulb
 
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Tom 'Green' Thumb
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With welding goggles all you will see is the bulbs and nothing else. I think you wil find it too hard to walk around the room without walking into plants and pots. I would just use the darkest shades you can find, that works and I have tried it out before. Worked well but still I find it better without shades as I like to see where the light is and if the plants need to be reorganized. It is very hard with the shades on to see if there are any dark spots on the plants. Just my experience, you might find it different. Good luck!

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J

jipedestran

well, I ordered some, and I will report back on the results in a few days.

I do my damndest not to look at the bulb, but it is like a lazer, and all it takes is coming in from the side of my glasses, and I am seeing lines.

Problem is, this space is really for a tree style grow, but my little girls are still small and young. I do not expect the same type of blaze problem in a few weeks.

peace
jip
 
G

Guest

I wear my sunglasses and try not to look at the lights if possible, although I've been tempted to go to the shop and grab the welding goggles
 
scruffy

scruffy

Member
I just wear regular sunglasses. Although it is possible (and likely) that looking at an HID arc will damage your eyes with regular exposure, I'm sure that regular shades will protect you from permanent harm. All sunglasses and safety glasses now have to stop UVA/UVB light (in the US at least, probably elsewhere as well). So I think welding shades are overkill, and as has been said, will allow you to see the arc in the bulb and nothing else. That's why welders have to either have an auto helmet, or flip the shade up as soon as the arc stops, so they can see the work more than a couple inches away from the arc.

Only thing I'm unsure of is whether HPS light is the same sodium flare as glassblowing. If it was, you might need the special (expensive) glasses they wear.
 
G

Guest

Save your money, you won't be happy with the results, and stop looking at the damned light, sometimes I wonder, I truly do! Hold up a piece of cardboard as a shield, that doesn't cost anything.

OR

When the guys and I are shooting and have sidelight interference we take a piece of thin cardboard, cut it into two strips, punch a hole at either end and and slip it over the eyeglasses ear piece(s) and forward along the temple. Trim it to suit your needs.
 
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G

Guest

Hey if you are using an HPS there is not enough UV to worry about and with the cool tube........Nothing really. If it is for comfort, I feel ya there. My Phillips CMH bulbs blast my eyes and sunglasses do offer more comfort.
 
TheAfficianado

TheAfficianado

Member
You could get those polarized glacier glasses from an outdoor supply like they used to have at Eddie Bauer. These UV blockers are like regular sun glasses but have soft leather pieces that slip over the ear pieces to sit flush against the frames around the eye so that there is block between the flesh of the face and the side of the frames around the eye, thus isolating the eye from outside light coming from the side. Of course, they went out of style with Thomas Dolby in the mid 1980's....
I absolutely believe the UVs from old 400 watt took a bit from the clarity of my site after only 4 months without loking at the bulb in the space and then wearing glasses a lot at the end. In the end, I set up supplimentary 2 ft. flouros and worked in the room in the "morning" and at "sunset", giving the room about a 15 minute window on each side of the "light" period. I feel this was much better than those who say to use green incandescents to work during the "night" period.
It is an absolute fact that the light leak from the sides of your sun glasses can fry your eyes, don't take the b.s. from the people who have yet to feel the fear that maybe they have taken permanent damage.

https://www.fishersci.com/wps/porta...ut=true&brCategoryId=null&hlpi=y&fromSearch=Y

the link leads to inexpensive uv safety glasses for lab purposes.

The Afficianado
 
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badgr

badgr

Member
Yea when I weld. What a joke. I don't think you need to worry about the light. You need some sun screen too? LOL.
 
J

jipedestran

thanks for the posts and links. the goggles i ordered cost less than 20 US, so I am not too worried about it if they do not work out.

if that is the case, i will order one of the eye shields you guys were talking about.

The vertical thing is no joke. you simply cannot avoid the light when moving about the cab, for those that say do not look at it, best of luck.

peace
jip
 
G

Guest

So here I was at 6:00 am this morning taking a dump when a "Brain Fart" occurred. I sez to myself "Self", what would Nanuk of the North do when confronted by the blinding glare of the suns reflection off of the Snow and Ice? (Bright "Lamps in Grow rooms")

From the Inuit Native people of the far north comes an ancient tried and true method for preventing Snow Blindness.

Google "Inuit Snow Goggles" for a step by step DIY get down and dirty set of Caribou Hide "Foster Grants". No Caribou will be killed in the making of this device.

It is amazing what one can find, for little or no cost, on the WWW. Some folks just have a problem doing a little research and have an apparent lack of imagination, probably even when they are taking a dump! LOL
 
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J

jipedestran

No Snow Blindness, just 1000 watts less than one foot away from your eyes.......

so this is the product I ordered
http://www.discountsafetygear.com/jawrwego.html

they work great! fit over my eyeglasses, and allow absolutely no light in from the sides. I can see the room just fine, and my eyes no longer get lines in them.

Plus they are bad-ass looking, like something from a 50's era nuclear test.

peace
jip
 
G

Guest

Hell almighty, I think most of us thought you were getting a welders hood and not the type used when using oxy/acetylene for cutting and gas welding.

Speaking of the 50's era nuclear test goggles, I have a pair, new in the original tin container. These were made in the 40's and have a knob that when turned will make the lenses either go clear or dark shade.

I WUZ made in the early 1940's as well and have collected some pretty slick memorabilia over the years.

The Cariboo snow goggles was not a prank at your expense. I was just feeling particularly humorous (Stoned??????????) one or the other.
 
J

jipedestran

no worries ty-stik, the written word does not always translate humor properly.

the two strains I run have been alive now for about seven years, and they have never seen higher than 400 watts. they are taking to the 1000 very well.

peace
jip
 
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