Quote Originally Posted by JLC
I'd choose a CHE before I chose a floodlight. CHE's can get just as hot, without the added stress of having a bright light shining directly into the enclosure. Just be prepared to use two of them to get a proper gradient. It's likely that if the room is 70*...then ANY heat source for the warm side would have to get TOO hot in order to heat the entire enclosure to 80*.
Do you think A heat mat on a stat set to ~80 on the cool end a CHE on the warm end would work? The problem I have found with CHEs is that they project heat at a 180* angle so heat a wide area and don't create much of a basking spot.