Yes, I have experimented with the 20W halogen puck lights.



Here is what I have found -



The glass surface above the bulb gets very very hot, I mean yikes hot. You may consider puting a small wire cage around it if you think the snakes would touch it. I doubt they will. I do not know about Xenon bulbs regarding heat.



They put out quite a bit of heat and direct it straight down, more than you would think, and they emit a ton of light.



The 120VAC models dim down nicely with a standard lamp dimmer. When dimmed down, they are more suitable. I wish they made a 120VAC model that is 10Watts. You could put 2 in series and get 5watts each of heat and light - I haven't tried that yet. I will - I have a few laying around.



As far as humidity, I can't say one way or another. I used them in moderate humidity w/o issue. They come well insulated inside - no exposed wires.
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Mark

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• Halogen/Xenon lights - burmaboy, Thu Nov 15 21:03:49 2007
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• RE: Halogen/Xenon lights - markg, Fri Nov 16 13:25:01 2007
• RE: Halogen/Xenon lights - markg, Fri Nov 16 13:27:25 2007
• RE: Halogen/Xenon lights - junglehabitats, Sat Nov 17 06:46:11 2007
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