Help with lighting- ceramic heat emitters- socket type? safe for a dual light?

Question

I have a russian tortoise. I have been using the mercury bulbs, but for whatever reason, they only last a month at my house- it is an old house, so I am thinking to blame the currents.

I just bought a CFL bulb (Exo Terra 10.0 CFL Desert Terrarium Lamp, 26-Watt ) and I bought a ceramic heat emitter (60w Zoomed) Now I just read that the heat emitters can only be used in porcelain sockets. I thought ceramic was porcelain, and don't know why they would be using two names of the same thing, so thought I would check if they are different.

Are ceramic and porcelain sockets the same thing?

And second- is it safe to use a heat emitter and a CFL bulb at the same time in ZooMed Mini combo deep dome lamp fixture? They are connected, and I am not sure if the heat of the ceramic would bust the CFL.


Any suggestions?


The terrarium is only about a foot high with a large hole wire mesh top, so I don't need extremely long range stuff by the way


Thanks in advance!

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

ceramic fixture is fine, not sure if it's the same material as porcelain but i use ceramic for all my high temp bulbs and heat emitters (which i believe are made with ceramic) and so does the reptile zoo i work with. as far as the heat blowing up the florescent bulb i THINK you'll be ok as the majority of the heat is projected downwards but you never know. good luck

M.Y.

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Help with lighting- ceramic heat emitters- socket type? safe for a dual light?

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