Equipment Review and Discussion :: Mega-Ray problems.

[Daniel3507]

In the past three months Ive gone through two mega ray bulbs. The first one burned out in a month and after they finally sent me a replacement it burned out in a month as well. After the first one went and bought a brand new fixture so that shouldnt be a problem. has anyone else had problems with them? im doubt i'll ever get another one from them

[sull324]

The self balasted version is really sensitive to vibration and it break easely.mines burned after 4 months.
For durability i would suggest the external ballasted as it cant burn until the actual glass break.

After mine burned i trade it for the heat projector they sell,which was the exact same thing as the t rex heat safe lamp. mixing it with an uvb tube look more efficient to me. But if you can afford external ballasted + heat lamp that would be the best setup.

[steve]

They recently had a recall, though I'm not sure you are experiencing problems related to that. It does seem like they are a lot of complaints revolving around them lately, in part due to their response to the situation. FWIW, T-Rex seems to be affected by these bad bulbs, though I have not read of any specific cases.

More here: http://www.beardeddragon.org/bjive/view ... 1&t=121986

[Daniel3507]

I heard about the recall with the bulbs. Apparently they got it fixed but I dont think thats my problem. Mine just wont last long. They sent me a credit slip to fill out so they can send me another one again. Ive never had this big of a problem with them before so i am just curious to see if others have had problems.

[steve]

I would just double check the lamp and outlet and hopefully it's not an electrical problem. I would be a bit cautious with their bulbs in general but hopefully it's an isolated situation.