Just took the dimer out of the circuit and I'm getting a reading of 86° right now. I tried looking at the stamps on the back for info, all i could really read(it was mostly stamped over itself), was 02/27/98, which I'm thinking is a manufacture date? Which would suggest this is the old wattage stuff....I have a feeling I won't be buying from this place again, and I'm sending them an email to try and get my money back. I'll be using the 4" as belly heat in the future, expensive lesson learned

Crappy part is is now I have to keep this POS on until I can get new stuff ordered! Back to filling hot water bottles 3 times a day