Ideas credit to Jim and Sam...
Well here it is.
Ceramic mount coutesy of a non functioning piece from some track lighting my previous owner left me. its actually for an mr16, but the mr11 fit perfectly. The screw holes also line up perfectly with an existing unused mount inside gauge, and another piece of plastic lined up with other side.
Heat shield, diet coke box cut into small rectangle, covered with metallic duct tape, hole in middle so the tipping axle/pivot was not slowed. Took this from Jim's pic, but my bucket would not tip freely without cutting the hole.
The usual, wrapped inside with metalic duct tape to reflect the heat in and up.
Temp check, I reduced the resolution on the pix, they were taken with a 10 megapixel camera, the meat thermo is at 130 F. room temp 70F
Here is one of my personal mod's. I put some more tape on the roof of the funnel directly above the lamp. It was extremely hot to the touch. I did not want to risk meltage, kind of like when you have a candle to close to the bottom of a cabinet. plently of warmth still got through afterward.
placed the wires through a hole drilled in bottom. soldered wires, then capped.
voila
And here it is in place. Just tied into existing low volt system. Not a great pic, did not have my tripod (shaky time exposure) and a bit overexposed.
Future enhancements will be its own 12volt line, so I dont need to keep my landscape lightly on during the day, and a thermostat.
Fun hour or so, here and there through the day yesterday. Last nights dusting of 3" was just the start. We are supposed to get back to back winter storms on Friday and Sunday. So we'll see how the temps hold up with 60k winds, but it will only be -3 to -6....
Andrew