Help with Heat

[Chad T.]

I Have a 150w infared light that keeps the hot side at about 91-92 degres on the hot side. But my cool side is like 75-76 and I dont want here to get a RI and i dont know why its not like 80-82 on the cool side, plz help me out with this problem.

[BALLPYTHON]

How big is your enclosure?

[Chad T.]

My incloser is a 40 gal glass with aspen 2 hides 1 large wate dish 2 branches.

[BALLPYTHON]

i use a 150w heat bulb in my 36"x24"x20" custom made wooden enclosure and it heats the whole thing up to perfect temps.
i dont know the dimensions of your 40 gal but if your using a 150w bulb, it should heat it.
are you sure its 150w??

[Chad T.]

yea is 150w and the dem is 36x17x15

[BALLPYTHON]

how long has the heat lamp been on?
what are you using to take the temperature with?

[Chad T.]

about 2days from now and i use a dig prob

[BALLPYTHON]

are you using a screen top and is the lamp directly on it?
i dont know what else it could be unless in C.A. you keep your a/c really high.

[Chad T.]

i live in eureka and its about 58 outside in the morings and my room is like 63 deg(I hate when you say u live in ca and ppl think u live in La) and the lap is like a inch from the screen,

[BALLPYTHON]

58 degress? damn you must live closer to canada then.
anyways all i can say is maybe place the lamp on the screen.
maybe after a few days the heat will accumulate and the tank will stay warmer.