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06-16-10, 04:17 PM
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Mercury vapor bulbs?
Has anyone had any experience with these?
I got one for my turtles, and it lasted ~12 hours. I hung it vertically as per the instructions. I was largely unimpressed. It raised the surface of the basking spot only 3 degrees, and raised the ambient room temperature *2* degrees.
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06-16-10, 06:33 PM
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Re: Mercury vapor bulbs?
Never used one but from everything i ever heard about them they suck.
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06-16-10, 08:10 PM
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Re: Mercury vapor bulbs?
i have never used these but i thought that they were supposed to get really hot. i could be thinking of something else though.
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06-16-10, 08:40 PM
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Re: Mercury vapor bulbs?
i have used them and i think they are great. what brand did you get?
the one i have is a power sun by zoo med. its great. again i dont know what you had but these have a one year warranty.
hope that helps
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06-16-10, 09:07 PM
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Re: Mercury vapor bulbs?
could be the fixture. i also thought they weren't supposed to be dimmed but i could be wrong.
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06-16-10, 11:00 PM
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Re: Mercury vapor bulbs?
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Originally Posted by Coffee Black
could be the fixture. i also thought they weren't supposed to be dimmed but i could be wrong.
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No you cannot use a dimmer with them, it will malfunction and possibly cause a fire.
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06-17-10, 04:11 AM
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Re: Mercury vapor bulbs?
I didn't use a dimmer. Used a zoomed in the recommended zoomed deep dome fixture. Looking into the warranty, until then I'm using two fixtures.
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06-18-10, 02:22 AM
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Re: Mercury vapor bulbs?
I had a mercury vapour lamp as well as a basking lamp for my bearded dragons. The MV lamp was really only used for UV and to keep a steady ambient temperature. It is actually (in my experience) a very good long life lamp but it does not work well with moisture. If there is a lot of moisture in your enclosure the lamp will die rather quickly.
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06-18-10, 05:42 AM
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Re: Mercury vapor bulbs?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Paradise
I had a mercury vapour lamp as well as a basking lamp for my bearded dragons. The MV lamp was really only used for UV and to keep a steady ambient temperature. It is actually (in my experience) a very good long life lamp but it does not work well with moisture. If there is a lot of moisture in your enclosure the lamp will die rather quickly.
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Sound like that would be your problem. To much moisture. I would use ceramic heat emitter. Not cheap, but last a lot longer than any heat bulb. Plus moisture won't be an issue with these.
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Last edited by infernalis; 06-18-10 at 05:50 AM..
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06-18-10, 09:54 AM
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Re: Mercury vapor bulbs?
all i use for my RES are MV bulbs. when i switched from heat/UV bulbs i found it easier to keep up higher temps and my RES just brightened up with colour ive never seen before because of the high UV output.
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