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A CHE is a ceramic heat emitter.
They provide heat without light.
Perfect for night time heat or with tortoises that don't require/ want bright light.
The also don't tend to dry the tortoises carapace like the super hot MVB.(Mercury vapor bulb)
I use them in my Redfoot night houses. I had used "black" incandescent bulbs in my heated night houses. But @Tom schooled me that the black lights always burn out right when you need them. And he was absolutely right.
Last night it got cool here and I went outside to set up the timers,etc.
BOTH of my black bulbs were blown.
So now I'm sold on CHE and now that I have these in my hand, I'll show anyone that doesn't know what they are what they look like.
There are variations in styles. Manufacturers and wattage. But the all look similar.
They provide heat without light.
Perfect for night time heat or with tortoises that don't require/ want bright light.
The also don't tend to dry the tortoises carapace like the super hot MVB.(Mercury vapor bulb)
I use them in my Redfoot night houses. I had used "black" incandescent bulbs in my heated night houses. But @Tom schooled me that the black lights always burn out right when you need them. And he was absolutely right.
Last night it got cool here and I went outside to set up the timers,etc.
BOTH of my black bulbs were blown.
So now I'm sold on CHE and now that I have these in my hand, I'll show anyone that doesn't know what they are what they look like.
There are variations in styles. Manufacturers and wattage. But the all look similar.