Did you happen to buy the human heat pad that switches itself off? Most do and aren't meant for continuous usage. You can control any heating device with a rheostat basically made out of a simple lamp dimmer device. Those cost about $10.00. Here's a link to explain how. Please note the advice though that this is not a replacement for a decent tstat but simply a stop gap measure and is better than nothing controlling a heat source. Rheostats need to be checked more than once daily and will temps will still fluctuate depending on the conditions of the room your enclosure is in and how efficiently that enclosure retains both heat and humidity.


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