T-stat probe placement advice?

[Albert Clark]

It's perfectly fine to tape the probe directly to the heat tape. I don't know who told you this nonsense that it's a bad thing.

As for the RHP. My thermostat probe is placed about an inch below the RHP and secured so that the Snake cannot move it. It's a little more tricky than a uth but once you get it dialed in you generally don't need to touch it.

Its ok to tape the probe wire to the heat tape just don't cover the sensor itself. If you do cover the sensor with tape its going to throw off the readings to the thermostat. That is not nonsense that is a fact! If you cover the sensor , the sensor won't interpret the heat coming off the RHP or the heat tape correctly.