Dangers of heatlamps - Soo mad!

[Jpat]

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 it

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

 

[LilyLoo]

Oh my so glad u were there and able to act so quickly. Are all the babies still doing ok? I'd be mad too how awful!

 

[Jpat]

Oh my so glad u were there and able to act so quickly. Are all the babies still doing ok? I'd be mad too how awful!

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

 

[JBG acres]

Oh wow! How scary. I'm glad your ducklings are ok. Thank you for posting that!

 

[Texag87]

scary

 

[danceswithronin]

So glad your ducklings are okay!

Hearing stuff like this is why I swear by Brinsea EcoGlows all day erry' day:

I am EXTREMELY paranoid about fires after a local chickenkeeper's entire barn burned down due to a faulty heat lamp, so I flat-out refuse to use them. Have used these EcoGlow brooders for all my chicks and have never had a chick loss, have never had one short out or lose power, and you can lay something right on it or even touching the heat plate without worrying about it being so hot it'll catch fire. I take soft tee-shirts and make them into nests under the brooder and the chicks cuddle right up under there warm as a bug in a rug.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Yikes. Guess I won't use heat lamps next time.

 

[chickens really]

I definitely only use livestock bulbs that are shatter proof.

 

[PirateGirl]

ANY lightbulb will explode (glass shatter) if it changes temp too quickly. A common way this can happen is if the bulb is hot (has been on for awhile) and a cold drop of water hits it. Ducklings have a way of shaking/spraying water droplets everywhere, it one hits the bulb it can explode.

I had my vanity light bulb explode on me when I was cleaning the mirror once, a bit terrifying really. We also once had a glass baking pan shatter when we pulled it out of the oven and set it on a cold tile countertop. My SIL had a glass carafe shatter when she poured hot tea in it. These are all examples of the same thing, glass can shatter if it changes temp too quickly.

I’m sorry this happened to you. I’m glad you were home to tend to the ducklings and I hope all are ok.

 

[CrystaBub]

How terrifying but thank goodness you responded so quickly.