needing a CHE

[Big Ol Tortoise]

Where do you get the large dome, ceramic socket and how do you stop from getting too hot?

 

[Millerlite]

I got all mine from home depot. And they get hot when used

Kyle

 

[JoesMum]

I got mine from Amazon. You need a thermostat to control the temperature that it cuts in.

 

[Loohan]

I get the fixtures at feed stores like Tractor Supply.
Also, consider getting CHEs in several strengths. I usually use 20W but if it gets too cold, 40W.
That way your thermostat won't short-cycle so much.
More importantly, when thermostats fail, they tend to stay ON, meaning your pet could get cooked to death. There was a very sad story of a failed thermostat on a heater a while back, which made quite an impression on me. So i try to use the least available wattage that will suffice.
You can get CHEs cheap on eBay sent from China on a slow boat. I suspect they are all about the same quality.

 

[Big Ol Tortoise]

I got mine from Amazon. You need a thermostat to control the temperature that it cuts in.

Could you post a link to those?

 

[Maro2Bear]

Could you post a link to those?

LLREPTILE offers all types of CHEs and thermostats, etc.

Here's a link to their thermostat https://www.lllreptile.com/products/13883-zilla-1000-watt-temperature-controller

 

[Markw84]

As has been stated, you can get the large domes with ceramic sockets at home improvement stores, hardware stores, feed stores, Amazon.com, etc. You do need to search for them as "Brooder Lamps"

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001BM5YZW/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20

 

[maplewood]

Any local hardware store