Raising ambient temperature options

[dr del]

Hi,

Thank you for all the input. I decided to go for a ceramic bulb in the end to prevent any possibility of lighting stressing the snake.

Exo Terra Ceramic Heat Emitter 40w

Arcadia Ceramic Lamp Holder & Bracket (screw fitting)

I have ordered the above and now only need a guard. my plan is to take the bracket off the fitting, drill a hole in the roof of the viv and have it like a normal household light. Does the reverse end of the ceramic get hot to the degree where it is likely to burn the wooden roof of the viv or will i be OK?

Also any recommendation on a guard, the ones i can find are 12x16cm which in my opinion are far too long and would look silly hanging from the roof of the viv?

Looking at this:



i will see how it goes but it does not look likely a stat will be required.

I haven't used that style - but I had to use a ceramic connector for mine so, without a stat, they might get hot enough to cause problems. I would ask what type of holder they recommend to be used with them.

As for the guard I bought some square wire mesh and made my own with pliers. I fixed it to the roof of the viv using either the corner blocks from B&Q or ceramic blocks.








dr del

[kitedemon]

Dav4 a while back I though it would be interesting to do a few pics with a night shot (ir) video camera of my enclosures. The one I had used an emitter (very dark red leds) I decided it was a remarkably bad idea as two of mine had multiple glass strikes at where the light was. It was more dramatic than I expected. I figured days after feeding they would not react so aggressively to it.