Ceramic Heat Emitter

[Handon]

Hey guys, im looking for a ceramic heat emitter for my beardie as the temprature drops quite low here in the night, however im not sure what sort of wattage im supposed to be looking for and what else ill need to wire it up, I have the thermostat already, hope you can help

Tom

 

[Germ]

A CHE screws into a normal bulb type socket & unless you live in an igloo , a 60W will be more than enough to take the edge off on the cooler nights.

It looks like this:

Where I live, here in Canada, we frequently get outside temps in the winter of -50 & at times Colder. We have a really neat invention to keep our homes comfortable inside, it's called a 'Furnace' . *Chuckles* Just Funnin' ...

 

[Handon]

Haha thanks, now i know what to look for, is their any places on the internet where i can get one of these sockets for it, sorry about all the questions just want to get this right thank you

Tom

 

[Handon]

This is the website im ordering from at the moment, i got the CHE is their anything on their that i could use to wire it into

http://www.bluelizardreptiles.co.uk/index.php

 

[Germ]

As mentioned, it fits into a normal socket, pretty much any dome fixture will work, it would be better to have one that has a Porcelain or Ceramic socket though, because they get quite hot & could possibly melt most plastic sockets. I would recommend one rated for better than 100W. As far hooking it up to a thermostat, if it is necessary, that would depend on the type you are using.

Good Luck,

 

[Germ]

Something like this would work well,

http://www.bluelizardreptiles.co.uk/reptilelighting/lightfittings/097612321104

 

[Handon]

thanks for the help and the thermostat im using is one of these habistat dimming thermostat with a max of 600w, thank you for your help

Thanks for the link great help thank you

 

[Fliehigh]

the habistat dimming thermostat is very easy to hook up. You will plug the light socket that houses your CHE into one of the cords, the second cord has a temp sensor one it (Make sure this is TOUCHING the substrate in the viv) and the third cord plugs intop the wall. Yout set your temp at 65F measure it every now and then to make sure it is working properly and otherwise forget it.

Like Germ I live in Canada and the only time my house drops below 65F is when the power goes out int he winter.

 

[Handon]

thanks for the advice guys, so the sensor should be touching the sand im using at all times? the shop i bought it from just pushed it through a hold in the back middle of the tank thank you for your help, just removed a big piece of bark that came with the viv all the crickets were hiding inside it where she couldnt get lol

Tom