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HappyHillbilly
at Wed Jul 9 19:24:37 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by HappyHillbilly ]
I've used CHE's (ceramic heat emitters) for 4yrs now and know of several people that's used them more than twice that amount of time and I've never heard of one exploding.
Did the ceramic part of the heat emitter explode or was it the lampholder socket?
From the way you described it it sounds as though the problem was with the dome, cord, and not the CHE itself. I've had one of the major pet-specific manufacturer's dome do something similar about a year or so ago. It was a black dome rated for 200-plus wattage with a cermic socket. Over the course of a year or so twisting of the cord caused a weak connection where the cord goes into the ceramic housing on top of the dome & it shorted out, arched, blowing the CHE. Moving the dome by grabbing the cord can cause this and I've been known to do it when in a hurry.
The CHE's are safe, as long as the reptiles can't touch it or you don't get water on it when it's hot.
Have a good one!
HH
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RE: ceramic heat lamp exploded? common? - HappyHillbilly, Wed Jul 9 19:24:37 2008