lurtron light dimmer

i purchased a lurton lamp dimmer, as some of the people here told me will owrk good. have any of you had experence on how to work it with a heat pad. when ever i plug it in to the socket, it turns on the lamp dimmerl ight but not the heat pad. any help
thnaks

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Originally Posted by Michael

i purchased a lurton lamp dimmer, as some of the people here told me will owrk good. have any of you had experence on how to work it with a heat pad. when ever i plug it in to the socket, it turns on the lamp dimmerl ight but not the heat pad. any help
thnaks

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A lamp dimmer is something that you should use temporarily until you can purchase a good thermostat for your heat pad.
You have to have a thermometer with a probe to do a lot of dinking around and getting the temperatures right. They will also change if the room temperature changes.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/Thermostats-p-1-c-250.html

like i put ther probe on the heat pad but the heat pad doesnt go on with the lamp dimmer, it like shuts the heatpad off.

Hi,

Are you leaving the heatpad long enough to warm up? Have you double checked by turning the dimmer the other way? How is it wired and , if it was done at home, have you tripple checked the connections?

Try the dimmer with a normal lamp to check it is working properly.


dr del

i feel so stupid i did have it the wrong way, thanks for all the help guys

Like blackcrystal said, if the room temperature changes, then you need to re-adjust your dimmer switch, as it's only a temporary fix. You need a good thermostat to keep the temperatures. I use a dimmer switch perminately but, I also have them in my room, and I know what to adjust them at what time so it stays at the proper temperature. One snake tank I keep in the 85-87 range(warm side) during the day, while the other stays in the 87-90 range. Night time my temperatures drop to 80-81 range(warm side) and 82-83(warm side).

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ghlight=lutron

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