Best Alternative to UTH?

[The Serpent Merchant]

Hopefully this will work better than the heat lamp I have now. I use the lamp during the day and UTH at night so as not disrupt sleep cycles.

My humidty is fine, misting, wet rag on top etc. It's a lot of work though with that lamp.

Keeping the UTH on forever - it just freaks me out. I don't leave my oven on forever ( I know, I know, different things,) I know it is probably an unfounded irrational fear, but its there.

Thanks guys/gals.

Is your UTH on a thermostat? (it needs to be)

when a UTH is on a thermostat it isn't on forever, it gets turned on and off (or turned down depending on what type of thermostat you have)

An oven and a UTH are completely different. While the heating elements work on the same principal they are nothing alike. As long as the UTH is on a thermostat you have nothing to worry about. there are literally thousands of them that are running right now and most of them have been running for years.

I can understand an irrational fear but keep in mind a heat lamp/CHE/ any other heat source is just as likely to cause issues.