Does a UV light use a lot of electricity?
I have a baby map turtle and I know that it needs to bask but I would like to know if UV light bulbs use up a lot more electricity than regular light bulbs.
A UV light is generally either a linear fluorescent tube or a compact fluorescent coil. Both of there use less electricity than a household incandescent light bulb. You can see how much less by comparing the Wattage, which should be quoted on the packaging or in the product details on the website. You're looking at something ranging from around 15W for an 18" Zoomed 10.0 tube, to 40W for a 48" Zoomed 10.0 tube, with their 10.0 compact fluorescents rated at 26W.
These bulbs, however, only address the UV lighting requirements of your turtle. They don't provide heat, which is also needed for basking.
You can get around this by either using a standard incandescent bulb for heat, in addition to a UV light, or you can buy what's called a Mercury Vapour Bulb, which combines heat and UV in one bulb. These will use comparable electricity to a standard incandescent bulb (again, you just compare the Wattage.)
You can get MVBs in 60W or 100W that should be sufficient for all the basking needs of a hatchling. The higher the Wattage, the greater the heat and UV output, so the distance away from the basking surface needs to be varied accordingly.
Hope this helps?
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