Quote Originally Posted by crazyj83 View Post
Basking lights are fine for enclosure heating but i'd say space heaters with t sats are a pretty good way to heat intire rooms... I use a space heater thats t sated and has an overheat and knock over cut off.. I'm sure the pros will have more intel, i'm simply speaking from my own experiece.
x2 I use a radiant oil-filled electric room heater, run through a Ranco thermostat. As far as using infrared lights for room heat, it sounds like it could be done in theory, but you would really want them all wired through a thermostat so you can control the room temp when you aren't there. And if the bulbs are in lamps, it sounds like there would be a greater risk of one knocking over and burning something that a space heater knocking over.