I am hoping that all it needs is a little tweaking. You had said it could use a lot of improving in air flow, venting, heat source and design, and were willing to help me if I was up to a redesign, so I guess I just thought you meant everything needed tweaking.You know more about these things than I do, so I figured if you saw parts I haven't done right, then your way would probably be better.
That is the mysterious part to me. There was no water to remove. When the humidity was too high, the reservoir dish with the sponge in it was completely dry. I think that the insulation space between the plastic interior walls and the metal cabinet walls must have been holding water. (It did leak out the bottom when I tilted the whole fridge that one time.) When I drilled more ventilation holes, that helped with the humidity. So I think the key to my ventilation problem will be to add and take away vent holes as needed, as well as not incubating in the garage during rainy weather. At least I am comforted that more vent holes means more oxygen for the baby chicks.
I suppose if I get the ventilation and humidity under control, that only leaves evening out the temperature to worry about, and fitting in auto turners.
