Infrared lamps

[Levi]

Originally Posted by burnt toast

Thank you for all that helpful info Levi, Dotty is stunning I remember her from before, lovely to see a big tort stretched out basking. After thinking about these I rigged up an infrared lamp I have, its old 150watt phillips infraphil (the type for sore muscles) It has a handle on which swivels so was easy to attach from one of my brackets. I set it up along with a 160w combined bulb in Margie female enclosure & they do seem to prefer it! (Dont know if it has a ceramic bulb holder though!) So am going to look at getting a ref infrared bulbs. Which ones do you use please Levi?

Currently in her 'Conservatorty' I'm using a 150w Philips IR and a large thermostatically controlled heat mat that gently warms the substrate up a little.



I made my own shower proof holder based around a ceramic screw fitting. (stainless steel with a silicon cover.)*



I got the lamp and the ceramic holder from a hardware/farm shop.