Turn your CHE into a RHP

[KMG]

The outside of the lamp fixture reads 88 f. So if the snake did decide to "coil around it" it would actually be at the appropriate temperature for prolonged contact. When operating a heat source at a max temperature of 180 f you run significantly less risk than as you said running at 500f.
As to the problem im solving its people who use ches and set them on top or inside of an enclosure running at full power. Which people do at risk to their animals. This is a much safer alternative when placed on top of a cage as it wont burn the snake.
If you place your holes close enough and you have wire thats easily malleable ( combined with the fact that the light would be hanging several feet off the floor makes it hard for me to see that happening . But you have to watch and monitor as will all things.
No one is telling you to use this. Or what to do with it. Its a DIY forum where people post things they made. Where other people can use all part or none of the idea.
Instead of trying to bring other peoples ideas down you should figure out a better one.

Im not trying to bring you down. Im trying to understand the purpose of the build. I just don't understand what we are fixing here. Im also trying to make sure you are doing this having thought about all possible issues. Im seriously just trying to help.

Any CHE, bulb, other heat source should be controlled. Be that with a tstat, dimmer, or distance. They should ALL be monitored and controlled. No matter if they are inside or outside.

Now what I don't understand is how the setup you created is going to provide a proper hotspot once it is set up over a cage. At only 180 the fixture is going to need to be really close to the surface it is trying to heat. If a CHE is properly placed outside of a cage and needs to run with a center temp of 500+ to create the correct hotspot on the surface of the hotspot that is just what it needs to do. It is no danger to anything when done correctly. I can assure you that regulating my CHE to a safe to touch temp will never give me what I need to heat my ETB.