I am not familiar at all with these heating elements. After doing a bit of research it seems to me like these are the heat sources to use. If they are mounted to the ceiling of the enclosure above a ball pythons basking spot (which a hide box will be beneath it) how does the "hot spot" reach 90 degrees if the hide box is underneath the radiant heat panel? It would appear to me that the hide box would deflect the heat that the ball python is under?