Temp Regulation Question

[tttaylorrr]

No. Should I? The thermometer has a probe attached to it that I usually look to.

i would move the probe over the hot spot below the substrate as you will always need to know this temperature. in all my enclosure i use one probed thermometer/hygrometer for the hot spot and one stand-alone thermometer/hygrometer for the cool side. you need to be measuring the hottest temperature your snake can touch, which would be below the substrate over the hot spot.

where were you taking your hot spot temperature readings before? above the substrate?

EDIT: here's a diagram that shows the standard way to set up a UTH, thermostat and probe thermometer: