Ceramic LIGHT FREE Bulbs ? ? ?

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No lie, there! I have a clamp lamp, and everyone who uses one of these should drive a nail or screw through each side of the clamp so it can't slip off. I also have thought about putting a kitchen strainer over the mouth of it to prevent anyone actually touching the element.
 
Yeah what Granolamom said.
seriously we used these with our iguana in the past they do get very hot. might not hurt to find a way to circulate air past them also to help with hot spots.
 
I use both the ceramic emitters and the red lamps-- ceramic in the coops for heat in the winter, and red bulbs in the brooders to grow out chicks.

In my experience, the ceramic emitters do last longer than the red. I don't know why-- it might be because they're more stable and permanent in the coops, whereas they get knocked around and adjusted a bit more in the Rubbermaid brooder boxes.

The ceramic heaters lasted all winter in our coops (and I assume will be fine for next winter as well). There's no way the red bulbs would last anywhere near as long.

Also, a good tip is to search Ebay or the web for ceramic heater bulbs. The ones they sell specifically for reptiles are expensive, but they also sell heater bulbs for restaurant use (to keep plates warm while they're waiting to go out to the tables). The restaurant ones work just as well and do the exact same thing, but I've found them for 1/3 the price of the reptile ones ($8 as opposed to $30)
 
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...I won't tell you how much I paid for my 230w one...it's exorbitant. I just felt as though I had no choice with only 6 birds in an 8'x8'x10' coop in -13F temps...I had to do something. I WON'T pay that again, thanks to my new pal BrickmanHouse!!!
 
I use heat emitters, yes they are pricey, but I went through 8 + red lights last year at $8 each That's more than one emitter and I use the 150 watt not the 250 watt, that saves on electric, and the babies are on a normal light pattern and are growing better and faster.
 

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