Quote Originally Posted by KMG View Post
Yes, it will still work on the back. If your probe is small then put it where we originally told you to. I was just giving that as a back up method if your probe is one of the huge ones.

Like Pit said sometimes to make up for the heat lost traveling through the materials the tank is made of makes it necessary to set the tstat higher than your desired hotspot temp. This is normal but it shouldn't be anything crazy. It usually just requires a few degrees higher than your target.

Any adjustments you do to your tstat give it a few hours to settle before adjusting it again. You can drive yourself crazy trying to adjust it before it has settled because you keep adjusting it before you allow it to rest on a temperature. Take it slow and only make small adjustments each time.
Okay, i'll pull back the UTH and put the probe there, but my concern was that it would be either too cold or too warm if I put the probe there. The whole reason I got a thermostat was to avoid reaching into the tank and checking temps 20 times per day, but I suppose I have no other choice.