Two heat sources on one thermostat?

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So buy a second thermostat, got it. When i was testing the temps with just the UTH it never stopped heating. It was set on 90 & I had the probe resting on top of the substrate (where the snake will obviously be). Is that not where the probe should be?

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.

yep, make sure the placement is like how it's outlined in this helpful diagram from Mr Mod Pitontheprowl.




Edit: also looks like that thermostat u have is rated up to 600watts which would be good for running a rack w/ a long strip of heattape and your UTH is rated up to 24watts. u don't have to buy the higher wattage thermostat if they offer a lower watt one for less.