I find no need for bulbs over 65watts(incadesent) or 45watt halogens, I do not use halogens as much as possible. For any sized monitor.

You can heat a Komodo with 25 watt bulbs, it would just take lots of them. How many you use is up to you. I explained that above. Using a bank of lower wattage bulbs makes a better basking area then fewer higher wattage bulbs. You want heat to be spread out, not focused. Its not about what a heat gun or thermometer says, its about how well a monitor uses the heat area. Hot spot, is a sucker term. It leads you in the wrong direction. Yes I know we all use the term hotspot, but its done in error, it should be, hot or warm, area.

The problem with cages and wattage is, it depends on your conditions, not mine or freds or larrys. Yours. You use the wattage it takes to achieve the task. You should attempt to use the safest approach. But remember, as many can tell you, the sun is not so safe. Cheers

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