Dangers of heatlamps - Soo mad!

[casportpony]

I've seen many explode, including these:

 

[AAcres]

Oh no!!! I'm terrified of that happening.

 

[AAcres]

I've seen many explode, including these:

This is what I have!!!!!! Now I'm going to be paranoid!!

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Oh how terrifying!!! So glad your babies are okay!!!!
The fear of heat lamp explosions is why I only use the Brinsea Heating Pad. So much safer!!!!!

 

[casportpony]

Oh no!!! I'm terrified of that happening.

A feed store I used to go to had something like 40 heat lamps for their baby fowl and it seemed like their bulbs were always breaking.

They seam okay, Just watching their eyes now, They shouldnt have eaten any but who knows!

so glad you were there when it happened. Question, was your bulb resting on the brooder lid when it happed? If so, you might want to find a way to suspend it over the wire because bulbs are more likely to shatter when they are touching something.

This is what I have!!!!!! Now I'm going to be paranoid!!

Try not to be too paranoid. Avoid bumping it on stuff, don't rest the bulb on a hard surface, and try to find a way to mount it where it is least likely to get water splashed on it.

 

[katiebrock]

Alrite just had a duckling 911.

Heatlamp exploaded and i mean LOUD. i run out, The ducklings are covered in glass fragments, Orange sparks raining down on them, Smoke everywhere.

i grabbed them as fast as i could so they wouldnt eat any. rinsed each one off head to toe under the tub faucet and blow dried them to make sure any glass was off them.

Anyway bulb was 4 days old, 150w, it was in a 200w lamp housing and indoors. Perfect enviroment and it still exloaded...

if you have this bulb get rid of itView attachment 1766417


i cant beleive i had the same bulb in my coop for a month. ill never put a heatlamp in a coop ever again. i switched the lamp out for a heatpad in the brooder too!

Anyway figured ide share, ive used heatlamps alot and this is the first time thats happened View attachment 1766419 View attachment 1766420 View attachment 1766421 View attachment 1766422 View attachment 1766423 View attachment 1766424 View attachment 1766425

Oh no, I just bought two of those bulbs!

 

[AAcres]

This is how it is set up for right now:

Its clamped on the side there.

 

[gilbert2]

Of course getting water droplets shaken onto the bulb will not be good. But for me, there is a more subtle solution to long bulb life: NEVER let your fingertips touch the lamp! The oil on your skin will transfer to the lamp, and create that uneven hot spot.
I have used a heat lamp without any problems, for the past six years. Again--I never touch the lamp.
In my configuration, the lamp is screwed into a "frame" which can be squeezed with the hand, to open up and fasten itself to a board, say. Then it is never moved--only plugged in or out. The less rearranging of the lamp, the better. And I promise that my 1K lamp has never burst. I'm using photo flood lamp..

 

[casportpony]

NEVER let your fingertips touch the lamp! The oil on your skin will transfer to the lamp, and create that uneven hot spot.
I have used a heat lamp without any problems, for the past six years. Again--I never touch the lamp.

Good tip, one I will remember!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I found orange sprinkles of sweet potato from my Spring Ducklings at the ceiling of my home-office, 1.6 meters (5.2') over the spot where i had the brooder! Had one of those bits hit a heat lamp it certainly had exploded. Just don't use them! Use heat pads, build @Blooie 's Mama heating pads, build Momma Heat Caves, use Wooly hens and a warm water bottle or just buy that Brinsea thing - but stop using heat-lamps!
They are a fire hazard, they can burn your birds, they can burn you too and they might explode.
And having the lights on for 24 hours is bad for the babies development, remember birds can see deeper red's than we do. The ducklings from this spring prefer to sleep in the darkest parts of the duck house, but i have to have a lamp on overnight because my Indian Runners from last year (grown up with a heat lamp) will freak out if it is dark and they can't see.
And if you need light in the coop or duck-house: Use an LED light! They won't get hot enough to burn somebody or to start a fire and they won't explode.