Quote Originally Posted by Sarin View Post
I agree - watch out for that unregulated UTH. unplug it immediately and check your snake over for any burns.

As a test I had my ZooMed 10-20 gallon UTH unregulated and in less then 4 hours it went up to 138F. I use the Reptitemp 500r Thermostat and it works great for small scale setups.
Thanks for the heads up.
Even though the UTH has been on there for months there seems to be zero burns on my snake. Her belly is as white since I got her. I do check the temperature weekly just in case but it never seemed to pass 93. I have to agree that the bulb may have been a bit much but I assure you that there are no burns whats so ever on the snake.
I take her out daily and check her.

I have unplugged it as of now and I will be purchasing a rheostat.

So to get this straight.
I plug the UTH in the rheostat then the rheostat into the wall correct?