emaytiti Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 What do you think of them and what's the temp that they give out? My uncle (electrician) said they would be no good on a themrostat and I think the light flickering would be stress ful for the reptiles? Thoughts/Info welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exoticboy Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 There not that cheap, but if you have a big enclosure or even a small outdoor enclosure it would be good. I'm sure it would get very hot,but i don't know the temps from them. I don't think it would be bad on a thermostat and it would be very good if you had a thermostat as that would keep the temps down, as i am sure it would get over 40 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonz Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 They are a mercury vapor bulb and cannot be used on a thermostat. The bulb must cool before turning back on. Those type of bulbs are used in large spaces where normal UVB bulbs will not spread the u.v deep enough into the environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 I have seen them used down here in a shop and they seemed pretty successful. They give off a fair bit of heat so you would need a pretty large enclosure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exoticboy Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 They are a mercury vapor bulb and cannot be used on a thermostat. The bulb must cool before turning back on. Those type of bulbs are used in large spaces where normal UVB bulbs will not spread the u.v deep enough into the environment. [/quote never mind about the thing i said on thermostats :slfg: :slfg: :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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