Bulb burnt out

[CastielTheBeardy]

My reptisun t5 hood’s bulb burnt out when i heard a pop when i woke up this morning. The hood that im using came on the 5th and the bulb 10.0 came on the 8th. Could it possibly be that my uvb fixture was to close to my basking bulb and the heat from the dome did something? I didn’t mist at the bulb or anything, like i just woke up when popped, its also on a timer at 9 am

 

[HoomanSlave]

I haven't heard of a bulb damaging any durable light fixtures. Sometimes bulbs will blow out if the bulb wattage is too high for the fixture-maybe that's what happened?

 

[Knight98]

Sound like wattages are wrong, what wattage is ur bulb and controller?

 

[CastielTheBeardy]

I haven't heard of a bulb damaging any durable light fixtures. Sometimes bulbs will blow out if the bulb wattage is too high for the fixture-maybe that's what happened?

the hood says 24 watts and he bulb is 24 watts too, im so confused

 

[CastielTheBeardy]

Sound like wattages are wrong, what wattage is ur bulb and controller?

the hood comes with a T5 5.0 24 watt so i bought the T5 10.0 24 watt bulb. so im really confused on why it burnt out quickly.its all the right size and wattage

 

[Knight98]

Change the bulb ASAP see what happens if it don’t work then check the fuze

 

[Sadie]

I am wondering if the controller has something to do w/ it blowing the bulb--- I would change the bulb out and leave the controller off and see what it does

 

[Knight98]

The bulb will be a higher wattage of the controller

 

[CastielTheBeardy]

I am wondering if the controller has something to do w/ it blowing the bulb--- I would change the bulb out and leave the controller off and see what it does

What do you guys mean by controller

 

[Knight98]

The controller is the power pack and supply to the bulb, does the hood have a wire running from it with a box then a plug on the end? If not your hood will have a built in one. basically the hood has a wattage and if you put a bulb in that exceeds that it will blow.

 

[Sadie]

The controller is the power pack and supply to the bulb, does the hood have a wire running from it with a box then a plug on the end? If not your hood will have a built in one. basically the hood has a wattage and if you put a bulb in that exceeds that it will blow.

Bulb should not have blown by itself w/ the fixture --- I have the same set up and its never done that BUT I DO NOT use a timer / controller etc -- mine are turned on and off manually - that is why I said to use the fixture and new bulb manually to see if it fixes the problem if it still blows w/ out the timer etc its the fixture itself I am thinking -- its a process of elimination to see what the cause is --

 

[CastielTheBeardy]

The controller is the power pack and supply to the bulb, does the hood have a wire running from it with a box then a plug on the end? If not your hood will have a built in one. basically the hood has a wattage and if you put a bulb in that exceeds that it will blow.

Yes, ok i get ya. So the hood originally comes with a T5 5.0 24 watt bulb and what i have is a T5 10.0 24 watt bulb, it even said on the box that it supports it too. But yea the wire with the plug on the end actually goes on the back of the hood

 

[Knight98]

Not sure then as the wattages are the same. If the hood still working? If so it can’t be a fuse... maybe just a dodgy bulb