Hot room with basking light?

[Jaymurgo]

So I just got a juvenile bearded dragon, and right now my room is comfortable temperature anywhere around 76-85° But now this summer we get heat waves of around 100-110 degrees and I do not have air conditioning, so my room sometimes heats up quiet high around 90-102 but I’m worried it will be too hot for my dragon, I just bought him the repti zoo air fan, but I don’t want to turn off his basking light the whole summer, so my question is what more can I do so he stays cool, and also should I leave his basking light off completely or buy him a 50w one to not add tons more heat in his tank?

 

[Rubble1212]

What I would do is buy a 45 watt br30 or br20 normal incandescent flood. Really low heat but shouldn’t get it to hot.

https://www.amazon.com/Philips-223149-Duramax-45-Watt-Indoor/dp/B011AJUCP2/ref=mp_s_a_1_27?adgrpid=112777949882&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3tb2jv-B9gIVhB-tBh2cVQZYEAAYBCAAEgLNk_D_BwE&hvadid=580695273318&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9033151&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=4166759582596473347&hvtargid=kwd-317805013895&hydadcr=15596_13519721&keywords=br20+bulbs&qid=1644937892&sr=8-27

 

[CooperDragon]

Wow those are really hot room temps! In your case, it may be best to use a low wattage incandescent as mentioned in the previous post. Measure the surface temps that produces and adjust based on that. Having an adjustable lamp stand can help you change temps by raising/lowering the basking light more easily. If the surface temps are still getting too hot, you may just want to have a setup that uses a good UVB light and an LED array like what ZooMed and Arcadia have on the market.