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I use 100w and you can use them on a dimming stat.
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Ordered 4 to try, thank you.
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Thanks guys. I don't have an indoor table at all, when the weather is bad, he has the conservatory all to himself (I can lock it so the kids can't get in) where I have a combi lamp. The idea of having the bulb outside is so that he can stay outside for longer in the year, currently I'd have to bring him in at the end of September and not allow him back outside till mid April at the earliest! I won't have the UV on every day by any means, and absolutely not in the summer! I would just rather he came in for the last four weeks before hibernation and be able to go out from March. Hope that explains why I'm doing it!
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Hi there. I tried a combi lamp inside a converted dog kennel and it didn't work out because the heat cannot be controlled.
That was just my experience and the kennel wasnt very large but it wasn't a small one. My view is that you dont need the uv and that is what is preventing the use of a dimming stat. Either a heat emitter or a halogen lamp gives you more heat for your watts and with a dimmer stat you are only burning electricity when its actually needed. I should add though that I just don't use combi lamps at all any more - they are not very good at doing either of the tasks!
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