Soon to be new owner.

[Kaorte]

ok i installed dimmers but they are junk, even on the lowest dim, they are both getting too hot! I guess I will have to dish out for two thermostats at 40 bucks each..

I would keep one of the dimmers and get one thermostat. You were planning on getting the remptitemp 500r? You could try plugging the cool side into the dimmer and then plugging that into the thermostat. This will give you some individual control for the cool side allowing you to dim it down.