Help needed with installing ceramic heat emitter into a bin

[Hugsplox]

I never said I didn't have a thermostat. I have a thermostat with my heat mat right now, though I assumed that a dimmer would replace a thermostat.
and 200 quarts is really not that big... a lot of people keep their snakes in 120 gallon 4x2x2's and their ball pythons are happy.

A dimmer doesn't replace a thermostat. I used CHE in a dimming fixture, but it was still plugged into a thermostat. I just used the dimmer so the on/off thermostat didn't crank it up as hot as it would go to get to the temp I needed the enclosure at. If anything the dimmer was just a temporary fix until I discovered how wonderful proportional thermostats are.