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Cabinet incubator and condensation on glass

post #1 of 10
2/26/12 at 12:36pm
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HELP!  I set my eggs last night, my very first hatch so I am really adjusting to this learning curve.... I have a home built cabinet incubator I built myself (whoot! Its so cool). I got my temp up to 98.9 to 101.2 and it stays in that range... my humidity is at the 58% and I haven't gotten it to go higher.  The issue is that now I have tons of condensation on the glass everywhere!  I don't know what to do! 

Should I have vent holes?  If I drill holes wont that lower the humidity? or lower the temp?  I am using two 100W bulbs (as all the others were either not hot enough or the heat one was waaay too hot - in the 110 range) 

 

Any suggestions please?  here's a pic of my Bator.  (I did move it where there are no windows)

 

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See the water tub, it's a 2 gal. with a large sponge....  heat sink in the right side - might need to add another one?

 

eggs are in!

 

My eggs are on rubber drawer liner, I thought it would make it easy to clean and keeps them from rolling as I turn them... (I forgot to add an outlet for the fan to be INSIDE instead of out lol)

 

It's on wheels and was an old fishtank stand I rescued from the weather.  I am SO SO nervous! I don't want to ruin my hatch from not knowing enough.... ANY suggestions would be wonderful!

 

Thanks!

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post #2 of 10
2/26/12 at 12:38pm

to much water

 

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post #3 of 10
2/26/12 at 12:56pm
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if I do less water how do I get the humidity to stay up?  Do I need to drill some vent holes?

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post #4 of 10
2/26/12 at 2:48pm

I Built my own cabinet incubator and you should have vents to exchange fresh air in your incubator. I cant tell by the pics if you have a fan or not. I would have vents in two locations for the exchange. As long as you have a fan and standing water the air moving will keep your humidity consistant. By opening ,closing and adjusting your vents you can regulate your humidity. Hope that helps!

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post #5 of 10
2/26/12 at 3:02pm

My incubator has one top window that always gets condensation so I can't see inside.  I found that putting a towel or old shirt on the window keeps condensation down.  I remove the towel/shirt from the window to observe the eggs or chicks

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post #6 of 10
2/26/12 at 3:04pm
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if I do less water how do I get the humidity to stay up?  Do I need to drill some vent holes?



this  may be a dumb question (but i did it lol) is your hygrometer inside the cabinet?

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post #7 of 10
2/27/12 at 5:52pm
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if I do less water how do I get the humidity to stay up?  Do I need to drill some vent holes?



yea because the baby need some oxygen

 

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post #8 of 10
3/13/12 at 10:22pm
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yep, the meter is inside, lol, sooo much better with the vent holes, thanks for all of your help.  Tomorrow is lockdown, kinda nervous!

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post #9 of 10
3/14/12 at 4:54am

let us know how it goes

 

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post #10 of 10
3/16/12 at 12:08pm
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yep, the meter is inside, lol, sooo much better with the vent holes, thanks for all of your help.  Tomorrow is lockdown, kinda nervous!



good luck

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