To run the UTH at half power (mine is 16w) with the thermostat would I need a rheostat hooked up to it as well? (Sorry, newb here). My tstat is just an on/off basic model, if I end up buying another bp I will upgrade to a proportional Spyder Robotics, which I've heard would be best. I've also heard bp owners swear UTHs are the devil though so I wanted to get something less costly incase I stuck with the heat lamp lol (apparently I didn't think of summer and having to manually turn the light off and on all day during peak temp times). Right now I'm just using ambient air as its 93F outside, his tank is holding pretty steady at 87F. Would you recommend I set the tstat temp lower than normal since it's not proportional incase of natural summer temp spikes?
Thank you all for your advice!!