Quote Originally Posted by Foschi Exotic Serpents View Post
I hate to burst your bubble but those lights are overkill..

I strongly suggest you get rid of that dangerous and worthless halogen lamp and pick up one 100 watt mercury vapor bulb.

This will explain why..

http://www.reptileuvinfo.com/docs/di...gen-report.pdf

I bet he's thinking- gee it's bright in here!!

Get something like this..
http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/...ry-vapor-bulb/

I believe zoomed has one too.

They should be at least 8 inches from the basking spot and adjusted from there to reach the desired surface temp of the basking area.
Seeing that I'm not using the halogen as a source of UV I'm not sure I see your point. I'm not against changing my set up, I just don't understand how a heat bulb controlled by a thermostat is any more dangerous than another heat bulb.