if you dont know what your doing it might be a good idea to get an electrician to do it......you dont want to burn your house down or get a bad shock
right... dont worry if u dont feel like being a help ill happily work it out myself..
from what ive read it isnt to difficult and most people use a extension cord to hook the fitting up, but no one goes into detail about the process. as for burning the house down unless ur stupid enough to do it on the dinning room table it shouldnt be a problem, will do it on the patio, no harm. why pay a electrician to do it for 100 when the parts cost 20..
ok thanks for that, been looking at them because they are cheap but its fiddly connecting them to the cord. what ive decided to do is i found some desk lamps from big w for $13 each and its simple enough to take them apart so u have only a cord with a light fitting on the end. gonna install this in glass so it cant burn. so if u find anyone else wanting to install light fitting this is a cheap easy way to do it
Take the sticker off, should be right for 600w +Most of those fittings have a sticker that say 40watt max..... Hope the fire brigade make it in time to save some of your house. :shock:
Take the sticker off, should be right for 600w +
jokes....for those who would be silly enough to try that....
Go to bunnings and get some Arlec portable floodlights. They are pre-wired and simply screw in on their own bracket. You have to install them before you finish the enclosure so you can have a grove in the side or top for the cord to go through. They take a 150 watt PAR38 globe but can also take any normal screw in globe including VB bulbs so you can install two of them, one for heat one for UV. I have used these on two of my enclosures, but the par 38 puts out a lot of heat so it suits a large enclosure. My basking spot gets to 42 degrees 30 cm away from the globe.
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