Quote Originally Posted by blueapplepaste View Post
Then I see the thermometer and it's reading 116.2!!!!! I immediately unplugged the flexwatt and tried to figure out what went wrong.
Given that your problem was the thermostat running full-bore, how would a backup have helped you?

I second the earlier comment about sticking the probe to the flexwatt with foil tape though. We've got our probes setup that way, and they don't move at all.