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    Heat lamp and storms

    I remember hearing somewhere that a power surge can mess up the heat lamp bulb (red bulb).
    It's currently storming, and my question is, do I need to turn the lamp off until the storm passes? Or is this just a myth?

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    I have just about everything plugged into an outlet on a surge protector. The will help.

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    I never have and haven't run into any problems. An hour or two turned off probably won't hurt the snake though if you don't feel safe leaving it on.
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    Re: Heat lamp and storms

    Quote Originally Posted by DVirginiana View Post
    I never have and haven't run into any problems. An hour or two turned off probably won't hurt the snake though if you don't feel safe leaving it on.
    It's not necessarily that I don't feel safe, I just want to make sure I don't end up having to buy a new bulb because of a stupid thunderstorm, haha.

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    Nah you should be good. Get a basic power strip.

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    Re: Heat lamp and storms

    Quote Originally Posted by JoshSloane View Post
    Nah you should be good. Get a basic power strip.
    Got one!

    I just really shouldn't read things on the internet(except for on here, of course!)

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    Heat lamp and storms

    This Spring and Summer so far has yielded more thunderstorms than the last 5 years combined for my area.

    I have 3 heat bulbs going 24/7 with never an incident. However they are all plugged into surge protectors.

    Last edited by Reinz; 06-26-2015 at 11:28 PM.
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    Re: Heat lamp and storms

    Quote Originally Posted by Reinz View Post
    This Spring and Summer so far has yielded more thunderstorms than the last 5 years combined for my area.

    I have 3 heat bulbs going 24/7 with never an incident. However they are all plugged into surge protectors.

    Yikes! What part of Texas are you in?

    Good to know. I was just remembering something that I'd read, and wanted to make sure it was OK to leave it on!

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    Heat lamp and storms

    Quote Originally Posted by Jumpforyourlife View Post
    Yikes! What part of Texas are you in?

    Good to know. I was just remembering something that I'd read, and wanted to make sure it was OK to leave it on!
    I'm in East TX.

    I was just up all night with my scaredy cat dogs due to major thunderstorms. According to my phone alerts, more than 6 lightning strikes occurred anywhere from 0-3 miles from my house.

    The heat lamps are fine. The dogs, not so good.





    Last edited by Reinz; 06-27-2015 at 10:29 AM.
    The one thing I found that you can count on about Balls is that they are consistent about their inconsistentcy.

    1.2 Coastal Carpet Pythons
    Mack The Knife, 2013
    Lizzy, 2010
    Etta, 2013
    1.1 Jungle Carpet Pythons
    Esmarelda , 2014
    Sundance, 2012
    2.0 Common BI Boas, Punch, 2005; Butch, age?
    0.1 Normal Ball Python, Elvira, 2001
    0.1 Olive (Aussie) Python, Olivia, 2017

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    Yeah Texas is taking a beating. I'm in CO and we have had crazy storms too.

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