About ready to give up!!!

[CloudtheBoa]

Actually it lowers the life of a light. Doesn't do much of anything to a CHE.
I have several that have been going close to five years now on my dragons.

Not that lights last long anyways. Lol I'm lucky to get 2 months out of mine. I use one for lighting my garter tank during the day and one in a tub I set up for heat lamp 3-4 years ago. They're expensive and die quickly so I prefer CHEs or heat panels where I can use them.

I've heard others say CHEs last 3 years on ON/OFF but can last 10+ years if they're on pulse or dimming. If that isn't true then I won't worry so much about having my CHE on a VE-100. I do plan on getting a Herpstat 6 but that will be a month or two, and it's only been on the VE for maybe 8 months now. It was on my Herpstat 2 until I gave that to my retic and bp when I put them in their T12's, had the CHE's themselves for roughly 3 years now.