Comment by spacedoutman 2 months ago Have you thought about the potential eye/skin damage you would be causing with IR LEDS. 4 comments spacedoutman Reply card_zero 2 months ago Potentially as much as none, because it's UV that does the damage? consp 2 months ago At some point it pretty much becomes a microwave. Radiation get absorbed and turned into heat. On a small scale not very helpful or harmful. On a larger scale nice to heat your food with but not your head. nimih 2 months ago You'd have to be moving pretty fast to red-shift IR radiation into microwaves, I think. thih9 2 months ago I guess IR can be harmful (IR lasers, military grade IR LEDs). But yes, likely not the consumer grade IR LED.
card_zero 2 months ago Potentially as much as none, because it's UV that does the damage? consp 2 months ago At some point it pretty much becomes a microwave. Radiation get absorbed and turned into heat. On a small scale not very helpful or harmful. On a larger scale nice to heat your food with but not your head. nimih 2 months ago You'd have to be moving pretty fast to red-shift IR radiation into microwaves, I think. thih9 2 months ago I guess IR can be harmful (IR lasers, military grade IR LEDs). But yes, likely not the consumer grade IR LED.
consp 2 months ago At some point it pretty much becomes a microwave. Radiation get absorbed and turned into heat. On a small scale not very helpful or harmful. On a larger scale nice to heat your food with but not your head. nimih 2 months ago You'd have to be moving pretty fast to red-shift IR radiation into microwaves, I think.
nimih 2 months ago You'd have to be moving pretty fast to red-shift IR radiation into microwaves, I think.
thih9 2 months ago I guess IR can be harmful (IR lasers, military grade IR LEDs). But yes, likely not the consumer grade IR LED.
Potentially as much as none, because it's UV that does the damage?
At some point it pretty much becomes a microwave. Radiation get absorbed and turned into heat. On a small scale not very helpful or harmful. On a larger scale nice to heat your food with but not your head.
You'd have to be moving pretty fast to red-shift IR radiation into microwaves, I think.
I guess IR can be harmful (IR lasers, military grade IR LEDs). But yes, likely not the consumer grade IR LED.