Heat Lamps

[AccentOnHakes]

What do you clamp them onto? I'm planning on using cardboard boxes, and there is no way I can clamp a lamp onto a box edge..so what do I do?

 

[Orpstralope]

put a strong wooden chair behind the cardboard or pen and clamp light to it....or some other sturdy fixture

 

[AccentOnHakes]

Yeah...I can think of one chair we're not using....We just throw all the newspaper there and clean it out like once every two weeks when it starts to weight about 5 pounds....

 

[rrhall]

I would clamp it to a chair,shelf,or some other sturdy fixture. Once you do get it clamped to something sturdy,I like using a (zip tie)(wire tie) what ever you want to call them to tie the clamp off to the fixture,it does not take much of a bump to knock the lamp off the fixture.The last thing you need is burning something down because of a heat lamp.

 

[AccentOnHakes]

Hmm...good idea, especially since a minor earthquake could happen.

 

[felidaet]

Hanging it from the ceiling also works well if you have the brooder setup somewhere that you can put a hook into the ceiling. Don't depend upon just the clamp, they can fail or slip. You should tie a loop in the cord and also tie it from the ceiling. You don't want a fire from a heat lamp falling into the wood shavings.

 

[fancbrd4me02]

This is what I use. It's made out of wood, and is very simple, yet sturdy and safer than clamping. I hang the lamp from a hook on the top. I do not clamp the lamp, they always fall off if they are clamped sooner or later. The one pictured is the table-top version. (For newborns) I have some larger ones that I use over larger rubbermaid tubs for grower-brooder pens.

 

[aimeeinwv]

We used a chair at one point and used zip ties for more security. Then made sure to keep a good screen over the brooder too, in case it was to drop by accident to prevent fires!