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red light for heat..

mr.tegu

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anyone ever try those red heat lights that are used in restrooms for warming the restroom while bathing for a tegu enclosure? if you know the kinda light im talking about you know they get really hot but from 3 feet above the tegu i wonder how it would work for a basking area..i saw a 250 watt at wally world for only 8 bucks.
 

skippy

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i wouldn't use more than 150 watts and that would have to be at least 3 feet above the basking area, possibly more.
 

mr.tegu

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yea i was thinking going to home depot and see if i can find a 100-150 watt. wally world only had 250 watts and that seems a bit high for only 3 feet above tegu.
 

DaveDragon

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I use halogen flood lights (75W & 90W). They put out about twice the heat compared to an incandescent bulb. If the light is hanging in the enclosure be sure it's guarded so the Tegu can't stand/jump up to it and get burned.

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Ignore the wire hanging in back. :roll: That was fixed.
 

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