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I got 2 60w ceramic heat emitters for christmas to replace 2 50w infared heat bulbs. I was tired of all the red light and thought they'd keep it hotter but for some reason they aren't. It was usually around 75-80F on the hot side, but now its about 70-75. I was thinking about returning them and getting the 100w models, but i'm not sure. Does anyone have any experience with ceramic heat emitters who could give me some advice?

Basking bulbs actually give off more heat than the heat emitters do. I would recommend if you really want to use CHE's, then get the 100W bulbs and then just place them on a rheostat to control the temperature as necessary. I have the same exact problem in some instances and have played around quite a bit with it. A 150W standard daylight bulb gives off more heat than a 150W infrared bulb. A 150W infrared bulb gives off more heat than a 150W CHE. Hope that helps a little.

Chris

>>I got 2 60w ceramic heat emitters for christmas to replace 2 50w infared heat bulbs. I was tired of all the red light and thought they'd keep it hotter but for some reason they aren't. It was usually around 75-80F on the hot side, but now its about 70-75. I was thinking about returning them and getting the 100w models, but i'm not sure. Does anyone have any experience with ceramic heat emitters who could give me some advice?
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I decided to keep the ones i have and use them as my summer heaters. I'm gonna order 2 of the 100w models today to use in the winter.

Heat rises.
I have found the wavelengths associated with ceramic heaters tend to not heat as well (heat goes up instead of down) as those associated with visible light (radiated down). I have not done any experiments on this so this is still a hypothesis.