Two heat sources on one thermostat?

[Craiga 01453]

Ugh I'm going through this issue myself. I have the same UTH and it's not enough heat (I think). I live in California and it's been a bit on the cool side. The UTH has been running a little hot but my snake hasn't buried himself in the bedding. I made a mistake from the beginning and placed the thermostat probe outside of the UTH. So I had it glass, UTH then probe. Well it never gave me a correct reading. So last night I peeled the UTH off the tank and sandwiched the probe between the glass and UTH. I still not getting proper heating. I have the thermostat at the highest but inside the warm hide I'm only getting a temperature of 85 at the highest. I don't know what to do anymore. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Sorry for hijacking the post.

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It's important to understand that your UTH is there solely to provide a hot spot and not for ambient temps. If the temps in the room the enclosure is in doesn't maintain a constant temp in the upper 70s-mid 80s you will need an additional heat source.