Help! I need a mount for my 24' UVB bulb.

[makunouchi]

Hi everyone, I just ordered a UVB bulb from petmountain. It is this one: http://www.petmountain.com/product/fluorescent/504983/zoo-med-reptisun-10.0-uvb-bulb.html I already have the bulb, but I have no mount. I went to the local hardware store and they couldn't help me with a mount. Would you guys know where to get a mount for my 24' bulb? Thanks for your help.

 

[RedHandFilms]

If your local hardware store couldn't help you, then they are worthless. It's just a florescent fixture. Go to Lowe's or Home Depot and tell them you need a 24 inch T-12 fixture. If you get one of the cheap utility ones you wire yourself, it will be about $10. Ask them and they will tell you how and show you what you need to wire it.

 

[Hoxy]

just go back to pet mountain (or really anywhere else) and get a light fixture for it that is 24". They have them on pet mountain but you can probably get them cheaper at lowes or home depot for less like makunouchi said

 

[mishelly58]

I bought my fixture at home depot it cost about $10. I know that lowes has them too. Just make sure that it is not one that has to preheat before the light goes on.

 

[makunouchi]

Well they told me that the bulb was too fat to fit into the fixtures they had. I actually did go to a Home Depot. I literally went in with the bulb and asked them if they had anything that fit it. I'll tell them that I need a fixture for a t12 and see how that goes.

 

[LJean]

I have a 24" bulb and just bought the fixture from Wal-mart for about $9.

 

[RedHandFilms]

Ok, that just sounds like that one employee might not know what they're doing. Look around, the boxes will say T-12 on them. I got both my 24" and 48" T-12s at Lowe's. Home Depot should have basically the same stock.