lurtron light dimmer

[ItsMichael805]

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

[blackcrystal22]

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

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

[ItsMichael805]

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.

[dr del]

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

[ItsMichael805]

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

[Neal]

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).

[frankykeno]

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