Oh you haven’t got it all wrong at all! You could do much worse What I have done with the UTH's in my tank is put one on the warm side set around 90 and the other on 'cooler' side set around 83. This way I know Hes got the right variation in temps without killing my humidity with hot lamps. Once you take the ceramic heat emitter off, it the control for that is removable, attach it to one of your UTH's to adjust the temp.
Also please consider spending the $10 for a digital temp/humidity reader, they are great! Measuring the temp just above the substrate at 90 with a dial likely means the temp right on the surface on the glass (which is accessible to your bp) is over 100. (owy burn) If you are low on funds you can grab a lamp dimmer from a hardware store for $10 as well. You can also buy rheostats from pet stores that will work well to control the temps as well. With the digital thermometers/humidity readers, there is a probe that you can place right on top of your UTH to measure the temp and not cook your snake I have two probes because I use to UTH's. Your doing great by getting info, keep it up
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