Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 10:48:10 -0400 From: Kirk Martin <kirk_martin@harvard.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2861$foo@default> Subject: Lighting
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>Hi everyone!
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> I am putting together a large nepenthes tank (8'x3'x2'). I was
> thinking of
>buying several flouresent lights, but then I saw some halogen like grow
>lights. Does anyone have experience with these grow lights for terrariums.
>Do they over heat the terraium? How far from the plants should they be? and
>how many of these bulbs would be needed?
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>Thanks,
>Kurt Polsler
Hi Kurt,
Halogen lights give off a tremendous amount of heat. In fact, a small
dormitory fire started where I work when a curtain came in contact with a
halogen (500 watt) torchiere lamp. I would not recommend them for that
reason alone but also since the lighting spectrum of fluorescent bulbs is
much more complete.
You might consider a metal halide with a remote ballast but that would
still generate more heat than fluorescents.
Kirk Martin
Lunenburg Massachusetts
USA
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