I have been using a 250W night bulb to keep my cage at around 80 degrees, with a basking temp of close to 90. I would like to try the Infared Ceramic heaters but unsure of their output vs. regular incadesant bulbs? I am using a digital thermostat from Home Depot for temp control, not bad for $25 with adjustable night time temp setback and 22amp capacity. Enclosure is for Iguana, built into corner and measures 7'high and 5' across at the widest point. Also have two other enclosures that house RTB's I want to use the ceramic elements for that measure 5'L X 3'D X 3'H. I will add pictures of these. Any help or general ideas is appreciated.
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What size Ceramic emitter?
sedatedforsafety
Jan 15, 2005 11:38 PM
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sedatedforsafety
Jan 16, 2005 01:14 AM
Wonder if a larger Ultratherm Heat Pad would work just as good if not better? Anyone use them as radiant panels mounted to top of side of enclosure?
justcage
Jan 16, 2005 01:18 AM
There is no way to recommend a CHE. There are to many variables, room temp, other heating devices..etc.. The 250 watt you have should work for you. Why the change?
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sedatedforsafety
Jan 16, 2005 02:17 AM
Want to try CHE instead of incadesant bulbs due to longer life of the ceramic heater. Would love radiant heat panel but too poor to afford for now.
Fleck
Jan 16, 2005 12:44 PM
I use a 60 watt ceramic heat emitter made by ESU. It gives off no light at all and lots of heat.
I am going to take a guess but feel confident that to equal the heat that it gives I would need min 120 watts of incandescent maybe more.
In your case a 100 watt ceramic should prob equal your 250 watt reg incandescent but might as well get 150 heat emitter and use a dimmer. A Ceramic heat emitter is a heat power house compared to reg incandescent . Does take a while to heat up tho and heats up the light holder so use a ceramic socket that can handle it.
Fleck
dmac
Jan 17, 2005 02:59 AM
I have it on a dimmer and it is set at around 75 percent of it's power to bring temps to the low 90's. Just make sure you have a HIGH QUALITY ceramic based shround with a thick cord. I had a cheapo one (with a ceramic base) that BLEW UP! Went POP-very loudly, I was lucky to have been home at the time. Charred all around where the cord entered the base.
