Yeah its around 80f in there usually i open the door every so often and pop my window open to let fresh air in. I am moving the light down to about 1 ft from the tops but im not going to mount it sideways untill i figure out a good way to do it in there....The bulb seems like it is tolerable as close as 3 inches or so....thnx for the advice and ill keep checking in with more pics every week.