Quote Originally Posted by jclaiborne View Post
As your ambients in your room fluctuate so will your temps with a lamp. You either control the ambients better, get a lower wattage bulb, or get a lamp dimmer switch and adjust as needed.

You could also ditch the heat lamps and use mats.
I have mats but they aren't plugged in due to the absence of a t-stat. I need time to get the money.
Quote Originally Posted by jclaiborne View Post
Using a CHE vs an incandescent lamp vs halogen vs IR you run into the same issues, overheating and reducing humidity, a lot of people use lamps for snakes you just have to dial in the correct wattage. Saying an incandescent bulb is "no good" isn't necessarily true, which is why I asked about ambients in the room, sometimes heat mats aren't enough to keep up ambients. You can't speak in absolutes like that.
Thanks! A lot of people said a dimmer will work as a good temporary so I may try that. I also live in Fla. so I could always turn it off for a little while.

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