CHE fixture

[Tyanna]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002AQCPK/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20

Here's my bulb. Can this just go in a ceramic fixture?

 

[Stormy Rose]

You definitely want a ceramic socket since these get pretty hot

 

[Tyanna]

You definitely want a ceramic socket since these get pretty hot

Awesome, just wanted to make sure there wasn't anything different I needed to put it in. I could just use the same I use for my MVB then, right?

 

[Stormy Rose]

yep! I use a dimmable fixture for the CHE bulb, though, so I can manage the temps better.

 

[Tyanna]

yep! I use a dimmable fixture for the CHE bulb, though, so I can manage the temps better.

I wouldn't need anything dimmable, if it will be on a thermostat, right?

 

[Stormy Rose]

correct

 

[Tom]

CHEs get hotter than regular bulbs of the same wattage, so I like to make sure my fixtures are rated for something higher than the wattage of my CHE. For example, if my CHE is 100 watts, I will use a fixture rated to 250 watts or more.

If your CHE is a 60 watt, then a ceramic fixture rated to 150 watts or more should work just fine.

I wouldn't use a 100 watt CHE in a desk lamp fixture that was rated to 100 watts, in other words.

 

[leopard777]

all che should be standard e27 ?

 

[Tyanna]

CHEs get hotter than regular bulbs of the same wattage, so I like to make sure my fixtures are rated for something higher than the wattage of my CHE. For example, if my CHE is 100 watts, I will use a fixture rated to 250 watts or more.

If your CHE is a 60 watt, then a ceramic fixture rated to 150 watts or more should work just fine.

I wouldn't use a 100 watt CHE in a desk lamp fixture that was rated to 100 watts, in other words.

Perfect advice, thank you!

 

[Tom]

all che should be standard e27 ?

Yes. All that I have seen.