[TheForge] Vision damage and welding shields pt 2

Marc [email protected]
Sun Jan 12 22:24:08 2003


I believe that the auto-darkening lenses are equivalent to shade 14 at
UV wavelengths during both light and dark modes. So the flash is
supposed to be mostly a comfort thing. I don't know about IR, though.

-Marc

On Sat, 2002-01-12 at 02:08, Chuck Robinson wrote:
> I was also  trying to point out the danger to welders eyes from long term
> exposure to welding flash during the lag time for auto darkening welding
> helmets to shift from light to dark mode.