Quote Originally Posted by Tiffanie View Post
That's not the best news as my heating pad is already stuck to the tank. Says on the packaging that its not to be removed. Hmmm ... Think I will screw up the pad by sticking this probe into it?
I made this mistake my first setup also. You can usually peel back a corner of the heating pad without damaging it, put the t-stat probe under the corner far enough to get a good reading, and then tape the pad back into place around the t-stat probe.