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hi there guys,
I currently have a 4ft x 2 ft x 2ft (approx) beardie tank with two beardies (1 x 7yrs, 1 x 2 years) and am wanting to buy a new heat globe.
I was thinking either a 75watt or 100 watt basking globe.

would either of these adequately heat the enclosure?

any advice, opinions.

thanks!
 
day heat i guess? i have a 4ft x 4ft x 2ft and i use x3 75 watt bunnings style flood globes . for the beardies basking spot . in your case it would deppend on how close u have the globe to the basking spot .
 
I use 1 X 100w for the basking spot above a raised rock and a 75 Red globe in case the temps get low at night.
 
awesome thanks... i have both a log and a rock under the basking spot... so theyre not very far away from the heat.
 
its all trial and error, get yourself a good temp gun extremely important, every enclosure will be different for heating requirements, pending substate, cage furnishing, glass or wood terraium, how much ventilation, how far is the basking spot from the globe, what material is the basking spot there is so many variances, over the years in exp

i have found in a larger 1200x 650 h x 600 deepenclosure i just use a PAR38 120wat flood phillips other brands are crap and dont have a good reflector to give nice radiating heat underneath the bulb, and i use so i can adjust with the dimmer and a temp gun so i can get a precise basking temp,

smaller enclosure i use nelson par 20 50wat 600x 350 h x 600 deep, all nelson bulbs are crap except this specific bulb

my enclosures are pine, reason for using the dimmers i can adjust the temp by dimming the light to what i need saves messing around finding a bulb that may or may not work in the cooler months etc etc

hope this help this is the light/s set-up i use in multiple enclosures and have done for many many years now and have worked extremely successfully for me, if you do so make sure the dimmer can not be moved or altered by anyone even by accident otherwise your basking spot can turn to a hot grill spot,

best of luck a temp gun is your best freind and just buy bulbs a few different sizes if you keep the receipts i know bunnings let me take them back,
 
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