Actually, it did work perfectly. The temp on the cool side is now 85 and on the warm side, in the basking light, it's over 100 now, so I'm having to move the lamp back - don't wanna cook my little guy! Temperature on that end of the house is now 72. (We have 3 different heating/ac zones in our home so increasing the temp in that area of the house does not affect the entire house.)

Can't believe I didn't think of that sooner, but thanks so much for the input, guys!