Now what happens when the probe gets moved or peed on? Your tstat will essentially be useless and your heat will spike
Then there's the issue of the UTH itself getting wet.
I'm all for outside the box thinking, but I strongly advise new keepers to stick to the basic, tried and true methods.
You're definitely not the first to try that technique. Many of us probably tried it 20 years ago or more.
And thanks to others learning from their failures and sharing that info, we now know what works and what doesn't.
That doesn't mean we aren't still learning too. It just means we've been down that road and it didn't end well.
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