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Old 01-01-2016, 11:53 AM   #1
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Default How often should bulb be replaced?

Apologies if this information is available in other threads but I thought it was probably easier to just ask.

I have the Arcadia d3 combined UV and basking bulb. How often should these be replaced? I have had mine since I got Mabel at the end of March.
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Old 01-01-2016, 12:50 PM   #2
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They have a formal guarantee to be upper index potent fur 12 whole months, based on 10-12 hours use a day

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Apologies if this information is available in other threads but I thought it was probably easier to just ask.

I have the Arcadia d3 combined UV and basking bulb. How often should these be replaced? I have had mine since I got Mabel at the end of March.
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Hi Tatty. I think it's true to say that members of the forum who have used these lamps and have uvb meters find that these bulbs really are good for a year as John said.
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Old 04-01-2016, 08:36 AM   #4
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Mine have been going about 4 years or more and still produce good UVB levels. Other makes have been poor, some of them useless for UVB after just 2-3 weeks but Arcadia has been good.

I have a UVB meter.
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