Need help with fitting a heat lamp into a Vivarium.

View previous topic View next topic Go down

Need help with fitting a heat lamp into a Vivarium.

Post  SmileyGremlin on November 12th 2010, 9:35 am

I'm thinking I should fit a heatlamp into Gimbles viv as it would be cheaper than the Petnap things. Has anyone done this, and if so, can they explain how they did it? Gimbles viv is just a normal sized Viv made by Faith.

SmileyGremlin
I Like Hogs Cmon
I Like Hogs Cmon

Gender: Female
Age: 19
Location: Halifax, West Yorkshire
Number of posts: 1067
forum addiction: 1337
joined: 2010-08-02
Chinese zodiac: Rooster


View user profile

Back to top Go down

Re: Need help with fitting a heat lamp into a Vivarium.

Post  i_am_plankton on November 12th 2010, 10:19 pm

I don't have one but all you need to do is screw the lamp holder into the top, take the plug off the cable and drill a hole big enough for the cable, then refit the plug :-)

The thing is although the Petnap's are expensive to buy, the running costs are very low, whereas a CHE will cost a fair bit a month to run :-)

i_am_plankton
I Like Hogs
I Like Hogs

Gender: Female
Age: 25
Location: Gloucester
Number of posts: 190
forum addiction: 241
joined: 2010-09-22
Chinese zodiac: Cat


View user profile

Back to top Go down

Re: Need help with fitting a heat lamp into a Vivarium.

Post  karen on November 13th 2010, 12:21 am

I use a ceramic for one of my hogs rather than heating the whole room more to keep just her warm. I have a pulsing stat, although an on off one would work just fine.

Ceramic bulb & a ceramic bumb holder & yous off (important you get a ceramic bulb holder cos a normal one will melt)

Really simple,and if you have a stat it will only be on when its required anyways

karen
BANNED
BANNED

Gender: Female
Age: 32
Location: United Kingdom
Number of posts: 3262
forum addiction: 3298
joined: 2009-02-17
Chinese zodiac: Rooster


View user profile http://www.africanhedgepigs.co.uk

Back to top Go down

View previous topic View next topic Back to top

- Similar topics

Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum