How Long Do Your Lamp Bulbs Last?
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i use the Arcadia flood bulbs, haven't changed mine in months
I notice that yours is a different wattage but it is a floodlight so I wonder?
No this is just the type i use, but i have 100 watt bulb in mine
I get these and most of my stuff online from a company called Inernet Reptile
Mine's 100 watts but I'm doing something wrong somewhere but I will be going to the reptile shop on Tuesday. Meanwhile Daisy has the heat bar and my lounge heating and also Jacky stirred on Tuesday not long until they can be together and get up to mischief again.
What do you have plugged in together? What size circuit is it?
Is it located inside of a dome? Repeatedly off/on or does it remain on for long periods of time. About how long is your bulb lasting before burning out?
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Incandescent bulbs are damaged easily by vibration or any movement. Especially when the filament is hot.
Do you need to move the light regularly?
Do you need to move the light regularly?
Bridgebob
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I bought my baby Easter Box Turtle UV LEDs. I think they last over 10,000 hours. She also has red and blue (night time LED blue). She's getting tanned under them.
I need a new basking lamp though. I don't know how long these last. They can bask under a restaraunt lamp but it irritates their eyes.
Spot lamps shouldn't be used over tortoises. They concentrate too much heat and desiccation into too small of an area. Flood lamps are the way to go, and the Arcadia brand seems to be of high quality. I don't use their flood lamps, but I use their HO UV tubes and those are fantastic. I buy my flood bulbs in bulk at the hardware store. They usually last several months when running all day every day. I always keep spares on hand because they burn out at the most inopportune times.
Make sure the receptacle you have it mounted in is strong enough to handle the wattage. It might be getting too hot, which burns the light out quicker.
TheLastGreen
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I'm having the same problem with CHE's, I used a 50W one for about a week and it seems to not be producing any heat. I think it may get too hot. (The CHE surface get's up to 100C/212F)
Bridgebob
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I'm wondering about dispersed lasers for UV. Laser wavelength is very accurate and if you disperse them thru a lens they can produce perfect UV for a turtle or tortoise.
I have to get a new heat lamp bulb. It does hurt her eyes but she goes into her cave.
Poor baby...how come no substrate? She would love to bury herself in dirt . I have Russians each in his own table and all three mess around in the dirt/substrate...anyhow...I have 2 of those lights, when I turn each on in their habitats, both come on immediately but in a few minutes they will go off not long they come back on. Don't, whatever you do, don't bump them damn things when they are hot. Kills them instantly.
Bridgebob
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My Eastern Box Turtle loves her substrate (Coconut Coir). And she has her cave!
Bigger Tortoises/Turtles maybe be more problematic.
An EBT will not get very big. And she is getting used to me, but still hisses at me and pees on me occasionally.
EBT's are extremely tough reptiles, so she is spoiled.
Some North American Southwest Tortoises cannot be handled at all. The stress will kill them. In fact I think it's illegal to handle them!
Bigger Tortoises/Turtles maybe be more problematic.
An EBT will not get very big. And she is getting used to me, but still hisses at me and pees on me occasionally.
EBT's are extremely tough reptiles, so she is spoiled.
Some North American Southwest Tortoises cannot be handled at all. The stress will kill them. In fact I think it's illegal to handle them!
