im using a digital themometer i got at wall mart in the outdoors area. it has a wire that goes in with a sensor and you can place one end at the hot side and one at cool side.
his hot side temp is 95 right now and cool side is 82. i turned off his UTH for now.
I have 2 layers of paper towls down over the UTH .. its possible he could have moved them, im not sure... the towels were in place when i got him out.

and no i dont have a thermostat