Quote Originally Posted by kitedemon View Post
So a 40w appliance uses less power than a 12w to 16w light?

I pay very high power rates and the light cost 6-8$ a year. If a RHP is only on 6 hours a day it would cost just short of 14$ a year more than twice as much now if we were talking a 40w light it would be different. Even if it is dimmed and fully regulated that is 25% power on the RHP most of the time.

Lets not make things up shall we?
at fullpower it is 40 watts, which would undoubtedly cook my snakes, it is only a fraction of that when maintaining temperature, this is basic, lights make light and heat, heating panel just makes heat, whats more efficient heating wise? If you want the direct relation it is 1 watt = 1 joule/sec. There is a reason i can unscrew a 13 watt cfl bulb or even a 80 watt HO florescent bulb with bare hands and not burn myself, but a 5 watt microwave incandescence bulb would burn my fingers. The less heat a bulb produces per watt, the more light it produces per watt. It's what makes LED so efficient for lighting, but not for heat, just about anything else would produce more heat with the same power.

Lets not make things up shall we?