Bulbs, lamps, and a lot of stress

[Chad T.]

I had a night glow lamp and a 250w heat wave bulp and it sparked i tryed to take it apart but the screw in part broke off, my mind is raceing the temp is droping. I grab the broken bulb take the lamp tell my stepdad to drive to Fin-n-Feather, we arive i talk to the guy i swap the stuff for a wire lamp and a 150w infred bulb(why im walking out a quick sigh), race into my room set the lamp and bulb up turn it on the temp gos up slowly a snap a pic and then here I am.

This is a true strory and was very frighting to me.

[Smulkin]

Glad it got worked out - and you seem to have absorbed the stress lol. Do you use lamps exclusively for your heat source?

[Chad T.]

Um well i first tryed a heat matt but that dident work out so well and i cant get it off and so now its there in cuse its stuck to the under side of the tank, so its there and If thers a emergency i can turn it. And over the years i have developed high patchence lvl with haveing a autisice brother and school.

[Smulkin]

That's understandable. Those stick-on heat pads drive me crazy with their inconsistency.

As long as you can keep the temps and humidity where they need to be it's all good.

[Chad T.]

That's understandable. Those stick-on heat pads drive me crazy with their inconsistency.

As long as you can keep the temps and humidity where they need to be it's all good.

And the heat matts dirve me up the wall with the lvls of heat and heat conduction.
Yea I Keep my Hot side 98-97 and the coldside is like 79-81 and humidy is like 52% I think i will have pics up my noon if i can ride my bike fast.

[Watever]

You might want to have "more than 1" heatlamp on the side incase of problem.

if you only use a heatlamp, you temp might drop a lot during night isn't it ?

For heat mat, it's better to use a dimmer and a thermostat, that way the temp is always at the right temp. The thermostat will adjust it correctly !

[Chad T.]

[QUOTE=Watever] if you only use a heatlamp, you temp might drop a lot during night isn't it [QUOTE]

You want it to drop at night it would if its outside in there real habitat thats whats all the books I have read say

[Smulkin]

I think you may find quite a few people keep constant temps as opposed to dropping them at night.

That would make a pretty good 2 item poll (constant vs variable) . . . .

[Chad T.]

it olny fluxs a little maby 2 or 3 Deg

[doobysnack]

ok i found a solution to your problem ok all snakes need a 12 hour day light period and a dark night period and you only use heat lamps well get a 100 watt infrared bulb and leave that on at night and it provides heat and the snake still thinks its dark it seems to be working great for me