So I fed my girl a big rat two days ago and let her be for those two days. Right after the feed my area hit a big heat wave and my hotside temp went up a bunch because of it. Because of this I lowered the power to my UTH a LOT. Now here's the "good" part...when I went to pick her up tonight from the "hotside" of the tank she felt cold to the touch. I check the thermometer and it reads 92.5F. I place my hand to the UTH and there is little to no heat coming from it at all. I take my other digital thermometer and put it on the UTH and it reads 77F.

Right now as the timex thermometer/hydrometer sits next to me in my room the probe reading gives me 91F which is preposterous. Has anyone else dealt with this with these units? I thought the battery might be dead so I replaced it and no change. It has gotten wet once or twice from a poo/water bowl spill but I let it dry out for a very long time.

So my question to you...has anyone else experienced this with Timex thermometers/hydrometers? Should I risk buying another of the same make or was my experience just a unique incidence?

I really hate that this happened especially since my girl had a good sized meal to digest with a 0 temp gradient to choose from. Do most people use Acurite temp gauges? If so how do those respond to getting a little bit of water spilled on them?

Dennis