Help with temp

[FunkyKangaroo]

I want to get my first veiled chameleon and i have been researching for months now and feel i am ready! i bought everything (but the cham) so i could try and heat my cage! humidity was fine but my cage was about 78 down low and 81 up top degrees fahrenheit. I have a 75 watt basking and a 150 watt creamic light that i dim down or turn up and on max i got 81 in basking. Why can't i get it hotter? thanks for looking!

 

[tenchijin]

Are you sure you're measuring the heat *at* the basking spot? You need to read the temp of the stick right at the basking spot, not the air nearby. Or measure the temp of the cham as he's basking (a little infrared temp gun is great for this). With a 175w bulb it seems you should have plenty of heat, especially if the air temp at the bottom is 78.
Aric

 

[FunkyKangaroo]

I just tried thank you!!!!! it work i had a 92.4! thanks a lot!!!

 

[tenchijin]

Score one for the old guy who's been out of it for way too long! Glad I could help.

Aric