heat light keeps blowing

[dazza74]

i have an on off imit thermostat and use a 250 watt ceramic and 2 40 watt party globes and i dont have a problem.maybe check your wiring as you may have a loose wire

[sienna]

Another trick that I use is not to handle the globe itself directly with your hands. Any oil on your hands passed onto the globe can contribute to blowing. I've found since handling and screwing the globe in with a tea towel or something similar, my globes no longer blow.

This particular technique is also used when inserting new head light globes into your car. Any mechanics out there will confirm this. Insert it with your hands and not even 5 minutes later...Boom, insert with a towel...no probs mate

Hope this helps...

sienna

[mrmikk]

Go ceramic, they may cost a little more to buy but last a heap longer, I got sick of replacing blown infra red bulbs

[cracksinthepitch]

I found installing a surge guard stopped mine from blowing and not having plastic bayonet fittings which overheat.Screw in ceramic fittings in my opinion are the way to go and definately dont mist near the globes, Bang. You only do it once..

[Maca886]

I went and got a 60Watt Ceramic Heat Emittier today. It cost me $65 but oh well. I got a 2 year warranty so i am happy with that. I am gonna go back tomorrow and exchange it for a 150W. I should have got it in the first place. I have to also buy an beyonet - screw in adaptor. woot. With a 2 year warranty, i cant go wrong. This has defently fixed my problem.

[meshe1969]

$65? WOW

Ceramic heat emitter 60w
$35.00

Ceramic heat emitter 150w

$40.00

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[meshe1969]

Our $36 lasted well over three years.

[Dan19]

Take them back where you got them from, i had two blow in a week and took them back and got a full refund. Oh yeah, they were screw in's aswell.

[llasher]

I had problems with these infrared bayonets, two blew within a few days, one of them within an hour. I got a refund, but would not buy infrared bayonets again. I found they are hard to get, and obviously don't last. I use "party lights" in teh one encl. I have bayonet type fittings and have changed every other encl over to ceramic ES fittings. You can buy them at herpshop. You may be supposed to get an electrician to install them but its not really rocket science to do it yourself.

[nuthn2do]

If you get a buzz or flicker just before the thermo cuts out the contacts in the stat are chattering. It's like switching them on and off 60 times a second

[Tatelina]

I buy standard globes from bunnings....they're much cheaper.

I did find they were always blowing when I used a too higher wattage for the socket...but doesn't look like this is your problem.

[lozza]

every Reptapet globe I have bought has blown within a day or two hence I never buy that brand anymore

[Ozzie Python]

All good points Rob, assuming your wiring is good and have good contact i believe it always comes down to the cheap thermostats blowing bulbs. A good dimming stat with everything else working well there is no reason you won't get a good life from a bulb.

in any case with an on/off stat you are going to shorten the bulbs life. One thing to remember, the higher the wattage, the more likely it is the bulb will blow. Just because your using a stat don't go a large watt bulb and have it turned down, keep the wattage as low as possible. You only need a basking SPOT, not a hot box. Provide a basking shelf or something to climb on to get the snake closer to the heat source and your bulb hardly has to work.

[troycoop]

We had that problem a while back and we went thorugh heaps of bulbs in a matter of a couple of weeks. It turned out the light fitting we had bought had two wires just close enough to ocassioanly touch and blow the bulb. Just check the fitting properly or get someone to check it incase it is that and not the bulb.

[Chris1]

bad batch of globes maybe?

i got 10 a while ago and they lasted between 1 day and 2 weeks, the next lot i got have been lasting 3-6 months each,..same fittings, same light cycle etc,...never used a dimmer of thermostat.