Quote Originally Posted by chimpkin
82 is the room temp. You have to think about the lights on every enclosure. They heat the ambient temp of the enclosures up to where they match the under tank heat, thus eliminating a thermal gradient.

If I have to I will just shut off the cage lighting and use a single flor. strip in the room. You thin that will provide enough light?
Well first you could close the vents that pipe in heat from the house that might stop some of it. Flor. lights will cut down on the heat. but at 82 your hot side should be 10 hotter. Yea you might have to keep the lights off in the tanks/tubs or what ever.