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Has anyone tried this? Obviously LED's cant serve as a heat source, but a UV LED in conjunction with a basking lamp would definately be cheeper than changing out higher wattage UV bulbs every couple of months. With how cheep it is to run LED's and with how long they last for (the wavelength will never change and they'll go a couple of years without burning out), this seems like the ideal solution to the high lighting and energy cost for reps, in theory...

Here's the links:
www.superbrightleds.com/specs/uv_specs.htm

www.superbrightleds.com

They are useless for reptiles, they don't produce any UVB only UVA. No bulb for indoor consumer use will produce UVB because long term exposure to humans is bad.
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Mom to:

1 little boy born 7/19/04
2 male RES, born 2001
1 ribbon snake, age unknown
3 FBT, ages unknown
1 female bearded dragon, born 5/2002
1 male lab mix, born 5/24/03
1 female calico cat, born 6/7/04

UVB is in the range of 295-320 NM. The LED lighting that you mentioned, peaks at 400, which is in the UVA range as stated by DsgnGrl. This lighting is perfect for plants however and while UVA doesn't promote D3 sythesis,it has been shown to improve mood, and if you keep live plants with you WD's they will thrive under this kind of lighting. Personally, I am discouraged with artifical UVB lighting, they are mostly inefective in maintaining the 295-320 nm range and are very expensive. I find it amazing that people will spend so much money to duplicate something that is basically free.Its like trying to make your own sea water when you live on the beach. Natural sunlight will supply your lizard with a hundred times more UVB then the best artifical light. The only expense is the cost of a screen for your window, or leash, or screen cage.

i knew this was too good to be true....
unfortunately though, i dont live in a place very hospitible to water dragons, with such low humidity/high temps in the summer and low temps in the winter... i'm always looking to get out from under the UVB bulb cost. Anyways, thanks for the replies