I plan on using a mercury bulb in the winter and then probably a regular light and/or a CHE for the summer, since I'll have the tort outside as much as possible. I actually planned to keep the UTH at about 70-75 degrees, just to make sure the cool side didn't drop too low at night. Even though I'm in CA, our night temps in the house can go as low as 65 in the summer, and down to about 58 in the winter.



Anyway, thanks for the help!
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Jeannie



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• Is natural sunlight and artificial UVB equivalent in terms of time? - Jeannie, Mon Jul 21 20:40:26 2003
• Not even close. n/p - EJ, Tue Jul 22 00:17:24 2003
• informative link - fisherk2, Tue Jul 22 01:43:35 2003
• another link - fisherk2, Tue Jul 22 01:44:45 2003
• a better explaination by Melissa Kaplan. . . . . . . . . - fisherk2, Tue Jul 22 02:00:39 2003
• No harm then in 6-8 hrs of sunlight and 4-6 hrs of activeUV light? - Jeannie, Tue Jul 22 10:11:30 2003
• I wouldn't... - Niki, Tue Jul 22 14:29:33 2003
• So basically I should have both the Active UV and a regular heat bulb? - Jeannie, Tue Jul 22 15:22:00 2003
• That's exactly what I do... - Niki, Wed Jul 23 12:47:59 2003
• oh, why I would not use any UTH... - Niki, Wed Jul 23 12:51:56 2003
• Thanks, Niki, I was going crazy trying to figure all this out--m - Jeannie, Wed Jul 23 17:45:14 2003
• I used a ceramic heater/thermostat to keep my baby 78 at night. np - Niki, Wed Jul 23 22:37:19 2003
• is there a link to eye damage with artificial light? - mayday, Tue Jul 22 18:13:59 2003
• RE: is there a link to eye damage with artificial light? - Niki, Wed Jul 23 12:42:16 2003