Need help with heat lamps

Ok I am looking to get a heat lamp because my room gets slightly cold at nights but I'm scared that the heat lamp will get to hot. This may sound stupid but how do I know that it won't get to hot and keep track of the temperature?

This is what smhufflepuff said...

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I have a few different CHE's.

The ones I prefer are these:
http://www.bigappleherp.com/Big-Appl...=2&category=13
They seem to last a bit longer and spread the heat better than the others. I use both the 100w and 150w (I have two cages - one of which uses just one dome lamp, CHE, and thermostat; the other cage uses two domes and CHE's plus one thermostat).

The other ones I'll use are more for convenience factor:
http://www.petco.com/product/5003/Zo...-Emitters.aspx
They work just fine, though don't seem to last quite as long and they're more expensive. There's a PetCo on my way home and I can just stop and pick some up from there as needed, so I'm paying more for the convenience of being able to do that then actually preferring the product.
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You're absolutely right -- if you just have the CHE and the lamp, then you do run a risk of overheating because there's nothing to regulate the temp. The other piece you need is a thermostat controller (not to be confused with a rheostat).

Take a look at these as possibilities:
Zilla -- http://www.petco.com/product/108340/Zilla-Temperature-Controllers.aspx
and Big Apple Herp -- http://www.bigappleherp.com/BAH-1000-Thermostat

I'm using a couple of the Zilla's right now -- a 1000w and a 500w. I also have the Big Apple one (though I have the older model that's not pictured) that I use on vacations and hang on to as a back-up for when one of the Zilla's dies. They don't die often - it's happened once in the past 6 years... but it was at an inconvenient time and I don't want to get caught without a back-up again!