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    Heat lamp

    Can you put a heat lamp on a thermostat ?


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    Re: Heat lamp

    Yes, you can. You would just need to place the thermostat probe inside the tank, wherever you want it to monitor the heat supplied by the light.
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    Cool I will do that thank you

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    sure, but how annoying would it be for a heat lamp to be on and off all day long????

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    I am trying to use it for a green tree python. What should I use

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    What are you trying to do? Give it light or heat the cage?

    Heat, I would go with a ceramic heat emitter or a radiant heat panel and then you could use a thermostat, I preferred che's over a heat lamps and rhp rock. Other than that I have no idea what a gtp requires! I eventually want one though

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    I use a radiant heat panel on a thermostat for my GTP with great success. Then there's also a fluorescent in his cage for light.

    You can put heat lamps on a thermostat but other than the annoyance of a light flickering on and off all day long I've also read it will KILL the life of your bulb.


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    radient heat panel is the way to go. A good thermostat and the panel and off to the races!

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    Ya I will invest in one of those heat panels soon, but for now I have to deal with the flickering lol


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