Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
What about overnight...are you running lights to maintain the heat? (not a good idea, messes with day/night cycles) Or turning it off at night, so the temperatures fall??? If using a light for heat, it's better to use
a CHE, or red or black incandescent bulb (so there's minimal illumination). But for safety reasons (BPs are probably the most commonly burned snakes in the pet realm, because they need warmth & owners fail to
properly regulate it) anything used to heat the enclosure (including your light) should be regulated with a thermostat, & checked with an accurate heat gun.

At night I turn the light off, so it is cooler at night. And I ordered a much better thermostat that's infrared and is supposed to be able to accurately measure exact spots in the enclosure. As for the color, it's white but it is not very bright. It's a very dull white light that doesn't light up the enclosure nearly as much as one would expect from a white bulb. It is mostly made just for heating.