WILL IT WORK?

i was hopping this item that i found on ebay would be like a ceramic heat emiter but i dunno for sure can u guys help me thx



http://cgi.ebay.com/CERAMIC-HEAT-BU...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1c0af1720d

Can't say how well it works, never seen one but it says it is 250 watts. I have bought 150 watt red bulbs for heating lizards in the winter and my first corn until I bought it a UTH. You need to know though that it still had to be shut off frequently and my house was only in the 60's ambient temp wise, so 250 watts is likely to cook your corn!

It'll work if you keep it far enough away, because they get HOT, and they severely dry out the tank. Just so you know.

i was planning on using it with a dimmer

I was looking into ceramic heaters as well. After reading that they're great for drying water I'd have nightmares of a dehydrated or baked snake if I did opt to use one.

Just get a zoomed UTH and dimmer its cheaper and won't dry the tank out. Also even though the uth's get hot that thing could fry an egg- not worth the risk.

i use uths/flexwatt in my cages. and for my boa i use a che just pointed to the corner shes in and keep up the ambients in her cage. our house is at 70 or lower and i can keep her temps up to high 80s or above depending on position. and its a 150w. they get hot, fast. i plugged mine in and a minute later my temp gun read over 200 degrees on the bulb. now it cant even read the temp of the bulb. so be careful with it.

i already have a UTH but the cold zide is reaching temps of 60 and lower and also the air is cold i fear the might get a "cold"

I used to have that problem and I have screened top viv's, I cut a piece of cardboard that covered 90% of the screen and taped it down all the way around the edge of the cardboard. I made sure the 10% that was open was on the cool end, so that the heat being created by the UTH was better trapped in the viv's. So far this has mainly solved my problem, you could give it a try. We have 2 in the basement and 2 upstairs. On the odd days that it did not a 50 watt red bulb placed on the area where the screen is open was enough to bump up the temp to the proper cool zone level but not over heat the viv. Much safer in my opinion than a 250 watt ceramic heater bulb.

Just an idea for you, if you want to try it.

ill do that asbit thx