You need something to regulate the temp of the uth. The uth should not be plugged in if you don't. You need either a thermostat such as the highly recommend Herpstat by spyder robotics or VE-200 from Vivarium Electronics which is on reptile basics. Those are the top brands and if you can't afford them then there's always the hydrofarm and last would be a regular lamp dimmer from a hardware store like Lowes. IMO lamp dimmer should be last bc if your your temperature changes you are going to have to adjust it but with the thermostats they adjust automatically.

Then you need something to read your temps so it would be best to get a ir temp gun and a acurite 00891 thermometer with probe.

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