Hsenfow
New Member
I've just gone to change the basking bulb in my tortoise's enclosure, and have discovered that the bulb is completely broken and seems to have burnt a little.
I've attached pictures of both the state of the bulb + fitting, and of the packaging of the bulb, fitting and thermostat.
As you can see from the pictures, the end of the bulb has come off and is stuck in the fitting (it's all crumpled up because I was trying to unscrew it which didn't go well).
When I went to unscrew the bulb initially, it just fell almost straight out and dangled by 2 wires.
Fortunately I've got a spare lamp fitting and so have replaced it with that for the time being. I'm also currently using a CHE tonight, although I do have another bulb (same as the broken one) that I'll put in tomorrow morning.
Please could someone offer some advice on what may have caused this? Is the bulb incorrect? I've had this bulb for about 6 months and as far as I can see there's no problems with wattage (i.e, the bulb isn't too high wattage for the fitting), but I'm no electrician.
Would greatly appreciate any help on this.
Thanks.
I've attached pictures of both the state of the bulb + fitting, and of the packaging of the bulb, fitting and thermostat.
As you can see from the pictures, the end of the bulb has come off and is stuck in the fitting (it's all crumpled up because I was trying to unscrew it which didn't go well).
When I went to unscrew the bulb initially, it just fell almost straight out and dangled by 2 wires.
Fortunately I've got a spare lamp fitting and so have replaced it with that for the time being. I'm also currently using a CHE tonight, although I do have another bulb (same as the broken one) that I'll put in tomorrow morning.
Please could someone offer some advice on what may have caused this? Is the bulb incorrect? I've had this bulb for about 6 months and as far as I can see there's no problems with wattage (i.e, the bulb isn't too high wattage for the fitting), but I'm no electrician.
Would greatly appreciate any help on this.
Thanks.