Will these fit? Second opinion (other than mine!) needed :)

[pandacakes]

Hi! I'm working on a new enclosure for my leopard tortoise and was wondering if the hood that I want will fit the ceramic heat emitters that I have.

This is the fixture that I want (times two):
http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/dual_top.php

And these are the bulbs that I have:
http://www.zilla-rules.com/products/ceramic-combo-heat-emitter.htm

I can't find a store that carried the fixture I was going to go try it but that's not possible unfortunately.

 

[xxflowersxx]

I'm not sure about the quality of the stuff but I know that the Petco by me had them. Have you checked your local store?

 

[pandacakes]

Yeah... I checked three Petco stores yesterday and none of them had them

 

[lynnedit]

The ceramic heat emitters that you have are excellent, but I believe they need a light fixture with a ceramic base, they often have wire frame. You can find these in our Home Depot/Lowe's and probably hardware stores as they are used in shops. You can also get 'brooder' fixtures with a ceramic base at feed stores.
I doubt they could be used with hood fixtures, as they get very hot, but others might know.

 

[jaizei]

From what I read (http://www.exo-terra.com/download/product_manuals/Dual_Top.pdf) the fixture is only good for halogen lamps up to 35w, aren't the CHE a higher wattage?

 

[N2TORTS]

You can make your own! ... Home depot has the ceramic fixtures for a couple of bucks. Buy a 6' extension cord, cut the end off and wire to the fixture ( vey easy , no need to be an electrician) in addition I also use a small sqaure backing plate of tin/sheet metal mounted FIRST on the enclosure then mount ceramic on top of that. This will dissipate the heat off the side/top of enclosure and prevent "hot spot" where mounted.
" Keep on Building"

JD~

 

[pandacakes]

Thank you all! Phooey! My ceramic heat emitters are 150 watts I think.... too hot to take out of the thingy right now Right now I have a zilla halogen/fluorescent hood and I hate it. I have it connected to my temp controller and the uv lamp is on the same plug in as the heat lamps to when it gets too toasty, everything shuts down til it cools down and cycles. The exo terra one has a seperate plug for the halogens and for the uv bulbs