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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
Originally Posted by DVirginiana
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
Originally Posted by JoshSloane
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
Originally Posted by Reinz
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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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
Please excuse the spelling in my posts. Auto-Correct is my worst enema.
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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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