Quote Originally Posted by Shelby
Well I will just say I would not put a probe in the cage.. I just can see the snake moving it away from the heat source causing the T-stat to put too much power to the heater.

Anyways.. in order to troubleshoot your problem you need to find out if the UTH is the problem or the T-stat. Test the UTH and see if it heats up on it's own.
okay, im going to do that right now, should i be able to feel the hotness when i touch the UTH?