Thank you so much for responding! If I am understanding correctly, it is ok for the probe to touch the under tank heating pad? Out of curiosity, what is the reason for placing the probe directly onto the heating pad instead of it being inside the tank to get a reading? I feel the current thermometer I have now isn't really that accurate so do you have a suggestion for an in tank thermometer and also for the time being, what do you suggest probe wise? Also, how does the herpstat change the output of the UTH pad I have? I guess it is built with the ability to adjust heat output?


My room's temp is around 73 day and 70 at night. I turn the heat lamp off at night and wasn't sure if that was okay or not. The UTH is always on but the heat lamp I shut off at night. What temp should the "cool side" of my tank be? Also humidity?

Last (so sorry lol), I read somewhere that I need to plug the herpstat into a surge protector and also read people were wrapping things around the cord like aluminum foil or heating tape for some reason? Any suggestion about this or am I okay to leave it as is?

Thanks again!!