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21-Jul-07, 07:37 AM
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i just turned on my day time globs and BANG! the second globe in a month has blown out of ts light holder? like the silver screw part of the light is still stuck inside my holder..... both light bulbs have been brand new ReptaSunGlow lights i know il never buy another light bulb im going straight for ceramics so anyone else had this prolbem with this brand? because the way they are blowing out is dam dangerous.
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21-Jul-07, 08:15 AM
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What herps are they over? I was given a halogen reptile bulb once, it blew into a billion shards of glass over my dragons, that I didn't know about till some six hours later. that was the first and last "reptile" bulb I have ever used.
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21-Jul-07, 08:22 AM
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I was using it for my dragons aswell the first 1 blew into peices everywere in the tank lucky i got my dragons out before any damage was done to them then again this mourning the way the light flung out it would have hit me right in the face if i didnt have the wooden ledge up and it bounced out that and hit 1 of my dragons luckly he is ok.
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21-Jul-07, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by dansfish4tea  ive had the same problem with a differnt brand i blow oe out the same way
then i read a thread thatsaid if u leave them on dnt, turn them or off
since then havnt blown a globe
the light has been working for over a month thanks to the help of fellow herpers | dont turn the lights off? like do you mean use a dimmer?
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21-Jul-07, 08:27 AM
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ooohh i cant do that lol  having a 150 watt globe blarring in my bedroom at night doubt id get much sleep  |
21-Jul-07, 08:43 AM
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I had a similar problem but the bulb had been working for about 8 weeks. One night it blew like you described and tripped the safety switch in the meter box.
I also had that problem in one of my enclosures. I use blue 'floodlight' type bulbs in it and occasionally when one blows and I replace it, the new one blows as soon as it is turned on!
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21-Jul-07, 09:25 AM
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what are you heating with a 150w globe wardy what sort of cage setup
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21-Jul-07, 09:42 AM
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Ceramics will be fine for your dragons, just make sure you put a cage over it as they heat up real quick and will burn them if they get up on it.
I know how hard it is with having an enclosure in your bedroom.
You won't need 150 watt unless your enclosure is huge either.
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21-Jul-07, 12:21 PM
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maybe the light fitting is faulty?
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21-Jul-07, 02:02 PM
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nightowl, safety switch trips because of a current leakage. If it detects that a current is inbalanced (leakage to earth) it will trip the safety switch. Saves lives and equipment.
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21-Jul-07, 02:05 PM
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yeah the safety switch trip thingys are great if i didnt have one on my house my brother would have died twice by now , first he stuck a fork into a heater thingy, then he stuck a nife in a toaster...... he is really dumb...
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21-Jul-07, 03:08 PM
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The number one factor in a bulb blowing from what we have seen is the constant turning on and off of the bulbs. They rarely last more than a week. Part of the reason is that they are in a high temperature area with very little ventilation.
A pulse thermostat is a nightmare for this sort of thing, hence the reason for only using the dimming thermostats on such bulbs.
Having said that though i have never seen a bulb completely like shatter like you are describing.
The good thing about the ceramics is that they can be used on a pulse thermostat, and they will last something like 10,000 hours. So a blood long time. Where as a standard bulb is generally only rater for hundreds of hours to a thousand at most.
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21-Jul-07, 05:30 PM
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i have 150watt globes because its heating an open fish tank so plenty of ventelation and its in the coldest room in the house iv had small watt globes but they dont get anywere near hot enough to heat the enclouser. and i have my reptille tanks set up through power box thingos that have a safty trip built in them.
thanks for all the replys guys.
wardy.
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21-Jul-07, 05:35 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: The far and bewildered mountainside of the strange region of Carpathia Age/Gender: 34 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by wardy i just turned on my day time globs and BANG! the second globe in a month has blown out of ts light holder? like the silver screw part of the light is still stuck inside | Poor quality globes. Most reptile globes are cheap crap. You're much better off using reflector globes from the supermarket or hardware shop.
Use a ceramic globe for night as a day/night cycle is very important.
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21-Jul-07, 05:44 PM
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put towles over the enclosure it helps keep the heat in, i do that with my water dragon coz his in a fish tank in the garage witch pretty cold, and when the heat light turns off at night its a bit warmer 4 them as well
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