lighting in a melamine cage help

[Darkesthour6]

I recently just built a melamine cage 4ft x 2ft 1/2ft. I've tried mounting bulbs in porcelain sockets but I can't seem to get the right basking temp. The other temps in my cage are perfect. With an exo terra 50 watt my beardie hides under her rock as the basking temp gets to 110 - 112 she acts like its to hot. With a standard 60 watt bulb I get a temp of about 95 degrees. Any suggestions on where to go? There's realy not much I can think off to do as the light is already like 6 inches away and I can't really pull the light much higher with the setup. Would using a standard house hold bulb raise the temp another 6 or 7 degrees?

 

[saiyan25]

Have you considered using a rheostat?

 

[Darkesthour6]

never even heard of it I'll check into it thanks

 

[saiyan25]

It's a fancy word for a light dimmer lol

 

[ju5t1n]

I use this for random stuff. "Lamp Dimmer" is what I called it lol.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_70717-539-T...=3189447&Ntt=lamp+dimmer&Ns=p_product_price|0

-Justin