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    Heating bulbs for at night

    Any good recommendations for night heating bulbs? I’ve looked at the reviews for a few and most of them say they don’t last long or they explode. I have bought two and one gave out after like a month help pls

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    Heating bulbs for at night

    I empathize totally. All of my snakes were using bulbs at one point so I kept more bulbs on hand than most pet stores. I was keeping low wattage bulbs in the summer, mediums in fall/spring, and high wattage in the winter. I always had multiples of each on hand so I wouldn’t be constantly running to the pet store.

    I discovered late in the game that buying a simple table top dimmer switch Would solve those problems. By using high wattage bulbs and dimming them down I got over two years use and counting. I don’t know an exact number because I got away from bulbs. But once I had that dimmer I never burned out another bulb.


    As far as bulbs blowing up, that is usually caused by moisture coming in contact with a hot bulb. Could be from a mister, a sneeze, cough, or even a heavy breath.

    Oh yeah, these plug in dimmers are only $8-12 at hardware stores or large internet shopping sites.
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    Re: Heating bulbs for at night

    Quote Originally Posted by chloe21 View Post
    Any good recommendations for night heating bulbs? I’ve looked at the reviews for a few and most of them say they don’t last long or they explode. I have bought two and one gave out after like a month help pls
    I like the Zilla black light night bulbs. They last a pretty good while. I plug them into a thermostat (on and off type.) They are much darker than the red infrared night bulbs. You hardly know they are on. Sometimes you can get one that burns out faster than others but most the time if they are on a thermostat they will last a good while.

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    Re: Heating bulbs for at night

    Instead of getting a separate night and day heating lamp, you can go with a Ceramic Heat Emitter (CHE). They only produce heat and not light. The ones I had worked for years and even after i changed my setup and donated them to a friend, they are still working.

    Make sure that you have the lamp on a thermostat or at very least on a dimmer.

    For night viewing, you can always install some LEDs.
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    Re: Heating bulbs for at night

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    I discovered late in the game that buying a simple table top dimmer switch Would solve those problems. By using high wattage bulbs and dimming them down I got over two years use and counting. I don’t know an exact number because I got away from bulbs. But once I had that dimmer I never burned out another bulb.


    As far as bulbs blowing up, that is usually caused by moisture coming in contact with a hot bulb. Could be from a mister, a sneeze, cough, or even a heavy breath.

    Oh yeah, these plug in dimmers are only $8-12 at hardware stores or large internet shopping sites.
    I use lots of those dimmers (shown) for any of my snakes that have over-head lights...not all of them do, & some only in cooler seasons, as they all have UTH. I also use dimmers on a few of my own lamps- it's a
    great way to save electricity & get the "atmosphere" desired by dimming the lights. Much easier than changing bulbs of different wattages too, lol.
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