I'm not sure what a wire lamp and a dimmer lamp is, but the main problem with ceramic heaters is that the get hot. Really hot. Like, it will melt lamp sockets made of anything else than ceramic. So, what you want is a ceramic lamp socket. Most (if not all) reptiles lamp domes have this, like Exo-terras or Zoo meds. If you could explain what you have a little bit more, I could perhaps be of more help