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I have a question for CHE users.

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Randall Turner

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So back story, I've kept reptiles dating back to the 80s with animals requiring more husbandry requirements starting in the early 90s. In all of this time I've never used ceramic heat emitters. I've used radiant heat panels (my favorite heating source) heat tape, heat cable and incandescent bulbs. I recently picked up a vision 332 and since it has the built in heat dome partition I decided to pick up a che and see how it does. I ordered a ceramic socket light shroud and a 50 watt che... The surface temp reaches around 600 degrees from the time I had it plugged in testing it. This just seems disconcerting to me. I'd like to get some assurance from those who've used them that it's not a big deal and safe.
 
I ran some tests with the che and have decided I'm going to stick with what I'm comfortable with and just put a radiant heat panel in it. The enclosed espect of the CHE just made everything around it uncomfortably warm for my tastes.
 
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