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GE Halogen Standard 100 watt floodlight. ok to use for my monitor??

kevinBD1 Mar 09, 2005 05:02 PM

n/p

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lwcamp Mar 10, 2005 09:39 AM

Sure. Some things to worry about - if the bulb is too close to the basking spot the temp can get high enough to burn. This becomes a concern when there is too abrupt of a thermal gradient and the lizard has to spend all its time under the bulb to stay warm.

I have used these bulbs before in many enclosures without problems, but have had a few burns when the monitor could bask too close to the bulb and the ambient temp got too cold. Or at least that's my interpretation of what happened.

Good luck,

Luke

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