Unfortunately the cage is 500 miles away from where I'm at right now.



What kind of light/fixture do you want to use for your Bearded Dragons?



I bought one of those electrical boxes that is about 2"x2"x4" (probably a bit smaller). The kind that are attached to wall studs and then have light switches, etc. wired into them. They're normally recessed into the wall, surrounded by drywall, and covered.



If you take the face plate off of one of the light switches in your home you may get an idea of what I'm talking about.



Then I happened to find a galvanized cover with a `1" hole cut out of it. When I screwed apart my fixture I was able to screw it with this face plate sandwiched inbetween.



I had to redrill the screw holes in the face plate as they did not match the electrical box. Then I just screwed it all into place and ran the cord out of one the punched out holes in the box.



Any easier option is to buy one of the square electrical boxes and then attach one of those circular light fixtures you see in closets, attics, basments, etc. They often have a pull chain if that refreshes your memory.



I've heard there are high-wattage versions of these. Check that closely. For the high heat of some reptile lights/heaters I prefer to have a wattage rating well in excess of the power output. My assumption is that the higher wattage fixtures will be more tolerant of the high heat often put out by the reptile products. In other words, I'm not sure if a 100 watt rated fixture can handle the heat of a 100 watt ceramic heat emitter.



A lot of this will depend on what you plan to use. If you use a ceramic heat emitter you'll have to have this installed vertically. That takes up a lot more space. If you want to use a self-ballasted mercury vapor bulb, many of these can be installed horizontally and that saves a lot of space.



I think halogens can be installed either way. But if it were a flood or spot halogen you'd be wasting a lot of light intensity and heat by using it horizontally.



All these factors are why I asked what light/heat product you planned to use. Sorry if you discussed that in your original post.

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