Quote Originally Posted by Reinz View Post
I agree, ditch the towel.

I would also also turn off the UTH until you can get a thermostat. It's just not worth the risk of seriously burning your snake. Use a space heater in the meantime, but not too close to the tank, otherwise you can have a convection oven your hands. Ideally you want a thermostat on the heater, but we've already been down that trail.
I don't even have the UTH out of the packaging yet because I don't have a thermostat. :-)