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[QUOTE="CooperDragon, post: 1979059, member: 76248"] Based on what you said in your previous post, it sounds like you have limited options for lighting, unfortunately. I know Komodo and Arcadia make basking lights that are very similar to the hardware store brands, so that may be the way to go. I'd check Swell Reptiles and see what they have on hand and maybe try out a few options and see what works best. I think in most cases you should be able to reach basking temps with a single wide/flood bulb. I think there is a balance between efficiency and practicality. Your vent design should work, but it might be better to have the vents low on the cool side (Rather than the front) and high on the warm side (and/or the back) to make the best use of convection. In my enclosure, I leave the top off completely to allow for overhead space for the lighting. I just have it hanging over the top on adjustable stands. I'm in the opposite spectrum in that I don't care much about efficiency (energy is very cheap here). What you might try is to build the frame so that you can slide a solid top in from the side along a rail system like what a drawer uses. That way you can adjust the size of the open end for the lighting and take it out if you want to. I'd go for adjustability over permanent configurations. Most of the heat bulbs have parabolic or bulge reflectors built into them, so you don't necessarily need a dome fixture. I think lining the top with reflective metal may be going too far in the opposite direction. I suppose something like that could be added later on if you aren't able to achieve the proper temps, but I've never seen a case in which that was needed. I think that if you can keep the ambient room temps fairly warm and use some kind of top to control heat loss upward, then that should do well enough and further effort would lead to diminishing returns in most cases. [/QUOTE]
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