All the controversy over the powersun uv 100 by zoomed

[tkilgour]

I have read in this forum and other all about the powersun UV 100watt. Now I am even more undecided on if I should use it on my large screen enclosure for my panther chams or not! Vincent from screameleons says in his owners manual to use the powersun uv 100 watt on large enclosures no shorter than 48". In this forum and others you get many mixed opinions. I experimented w/ one and I have to say it was weak compared to my standard linear 5.0ubv and 75watt basking light. What do some other panther cham. people think of the use of this light?

 

[merumontanus]

Try the search feature.

Effects of Mega-Ray Bulbs

 

[tkilgour]

yeah i did use the search feature on this forum and many others and there are a lot of mixed opinions as I have read.

 

[kinyonga]

I think I gave you this link once...but maybe you didn't read it??
http://www.uvguide.co.uk/mercvapourfloods.htm#zoomedpowersun

 

[tkilgour]

yes kinyonga I read that article as well. However, I have other articles that highly recommend it. Also, in this forum I searched it and some people say they love it and are so happy they got it for their panther chams.

 

[tkilgour]

Also, I personally, did not think it was worth the money now that I have had one running for a day. I think I am going back to my old ways.

 

[summoner12]

I wouldn't be using one if I were you, unless you have a meter to determine what is a safe distance from the lamp to the basking spot. You also want to double check where the UVB 'hot spot' is. The element inside the lamp can get knocked in shipping and be moved off center.

 

[tkilgour]

ok, welll summoner12 I took mine down. and I am just going to exchange the ones I bought for the old linear uvb 5.0 and basking set up. Too much controversy and I just cant decide. So as the saying goes "dont fix it if it aint broken". Some people love it, some hate it. Ill just stick with what I have been using and leave the option out there I guess.

 

[merumontanus]

yes kinyonga I read that article as well. However, I have other articles that highly recommend it. Also, in this forum I searched it and some people say they love it and are so happy they got it for their panther chams.

I already responded to your private message. If you're just looking for simple answers without reading carefully and researching extensively, you're going to run into a wall. There are no simple answers. MV bulbs are fantastic tools, but they must be used correctly and their irradiance measured and controlled.

Can we try to keep topics organized and not produce unnecessary threads when there are others in existence?

Fabián

 

[tkilgour]

sorry man I am trying to do my research so thats why i put up another thread. so forgive me ill quit posting in your forum.

 

[Todnedo]

Looks like they have very strong output when new.
The rate of decay would be a good reason for me not to buy one.

http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Research5.html

 

[summoner12]

sorry man I am trying to do my research so thats why i put up another thread. so forgive me ill quit posting in your forum.

You don't need to stop asking questions... but if there is a thread about them already, you can ask your OP in that thread.

Ask all ya want. but if its already going on somewhere else... try bumping the thread, a lot of people subscribe to threads. (at least I do....)

 

[merumontanus]

It's everyone's forum, that's why it's important to keep redundant threads to a minimum and titles relevant. This way, new members can find information more easily.

Fabián

 

[xanthoman]

when you seek opinions from other people, you have expect that not every response will be huggy, feely, if it were, then that would make the forum useless, (for every body ), if you can't accept that, then, that makes all forums useless, (for you). ps he has a valid point, if you start a new thread, the only people who see it, are the ones who come across it , if you bump an established thread, it moves up to where all of the same people see it, plus the ones who subscribed, and have a particular interest in the subject, and have already recieved feedback from others, and possibly the answer you are looking for.

 

[summoner12]

when you seek opinions from other people, you have expect that not every response will be huggy, feely, if it were, then that would make the forum useless, (for every body ), if you cant accept that, then, that makes all forums useless, (for you).

LOL WTH are you talking about? how are they useless if friendly?

 

[xanthoman]

deleted an inadvertant duplicate post

 

[tkilgour]

sorry man I am trying to do my research so thats why i put up another thread. so forgive me ill quit posting in your forum.

I actually didnt mean the entire forum, I meant this thread. However, since the comments from xanthoman I had to add more. I really dont care if people want to be friendly or not. But what are you talking about, why cant a forum be friendly. I guess xanthoman you would prefer a forum where people are on constant attack, whatever. Any way I guess I could have added it to that thread and bumped it up, wasnt thinking I guess. I just am trying to research heavily the use of this bulb. I will experiment around and see what I come up with and add it on that thread later. So thanks all for your help, It's greatly appreciated.

 

[kinyonga]

Don't know if this has been mentioned yet...but if you use one bulb for the source of UVB and for heat then the chameleon will get both at once. If it needs/wants to warm up it will get UVB even if it doesn't need/want it. If it wants/needs UVB it will get both again in order to get the UVB.

 

[summoner12]

Don't know if this has been mentioned yet...but if you use one bulb for the source of UVB and for heat then the chameleon will get both at once. If it needs/wants to warm up it will get UVB even if it doesn't need/want it. If it wants/needs UVB it will get both again in order to get the UVB.

Are you saying it is bad that the cham will get UVB whether it wants it or not when using a lamp that provides both heat and UVB?

 

[kinyonga]

I'm saying it has no choice but to get both heat and UVB at the same time. I'm not sure if its a problem or not...but I prefer to give them the option of getting UVB without having to increase their body temperature.

"An important discovery made in the last few years was that females seem to be able to sense their internal vitamin D-condition, perceive an external UV source and voluntarily expose themselves to that source when they are vitamin D deficient. Alternatively, they choose to avoid high UV sources when they are vitamin D sufficient. In short they seem able to “photo-regulate” their vitamin D condition much like many lizards thermoregulate their body temperature by shuttling between heat sources and heat sinks in their environment."
http://www.bluechameleon.org/Ferguson, Gary - panther research plan.htm

"Chameleons of both dietary treatments regulated UV exposure with great precision, exhibiting little variation among individuals within treatments."...
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/597525

"I do think that panther chameleons have a “sense” of their internal vitamin D-condition and can regulate their exposure to UVB accordingly"...
http://chamworld.blogspot.com/2008/03/chat-with-dr-gary-w-ferguson.html