Heating help in new enclosure

[Alpinestars199]

Hello everyone. I would appreciate some help with my new enclosure. I recently started setting up my kages 4x2x2 pvc enclosure. Currently I’m using a 100 rhp from pro products and a 75 watt Arcadia halogen. My goal was to use the rhp for general ambient/cool side temps and the halogen for the basking/warm side temps. Currently there is quite a bit of clutter in the cage it’s not quite done but I should be done today hopefully. Just to let the rhp cure and get all the fumes etc out of the cage I plugged the rhp and halogen directly into the wall outlet (I have a herpstat 2) just to get everything broken in. Cool side temps where the radiant heat panel is come up to about 85 degrees which is obviously to warm for cool side temps which is why we use thermostats but I cannot get the warm side temps the side where the halogen is on above 85. I’m not sure why. The rhp is mounted slightly more torwards the middle of the enclosure on the cool side with the halogen near it. Basking surface temps under the halogen are 102 but it’s doing nothing for ambient seeing as 88 is the minimum for warm side temps. Any advice? I was thinking maybe move the rhp closer to the warm side? I would appreciate any help.

[Homebody]

Good news! Sounds like you've got the tools for a first class set up. Pics would be a big help to us. This thread will show you how to post them: https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...-Post-Pictures. Also, what species do you plan to keep in the enclosure?

Without seeing it, I would say that, unless the room is really cold (<65F), I think a 100w Pro Products RHP should be all the heat you need. I would mount it on the warm side and see what it can do. Give it some time. It may take a few days.