I just received my T8 this week and ordered it with the fluorescent lights for two reasons. First, the T8 is extremely dark (it is black and lets no light in except from the front), and I am putting T8 on a windowless hallway counter that receives only indirect sunlight (light is limited to light coming from two bedrooms off the hallway, both of which have windoes). Second, based on advice of some experienced BP keepers here, I plan on using the fluorescent as a heat source to raise the ambient temperature in the T8 (the temperature in the hallway is approximately 68-70 in the winter and 78-80 in the summer). (I'll be using Flexwatt for a hotspot.) I assembled the T8 two nights ago and am waiting for the sealant to cure. I expect to be adding the Flexwatt later tonight or tomorrow and getting the temperature and humidity stable before adding my two BPs, which are currently in glass tanks.

Back to the subject of the fluorescent lights, would the BP be "smart" enough not to hang out on the roof-mounted light if the temperature of the light were dangerous for the BP (assuming the temperature of the bottom of the T8 was in the 80-85 range)?