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Sue:

Seems that someone tried to wire it and didn't know what they are doing! :)

I'm no electrician either, but if there is a switch soley for the fan it should not have the bulb or heating element wired to it. You can simply see if the fan is on. The light should be tied to the 1. Switch and 2. Thermostat which is essentially the same wiring as the heating element. When the thermostat shuts off the heating element it would shut off the light.

Again, I have never wired an incubator with 2 switches.
 
marquisella said:
So, I finally got a new heating element, cause for 3 weeks the incubator would stay around 84. For 2 days it stayed at 84, and then today, its up to 100. I'm going to let it go for a few days & see if it fluctuates. When we tested the element, it didn't register that electricity was going through it, so I was throwing my hands up in the air, and asked my brother to come take a look, but he hasn't yet....I wonder if there is a loose wire and that is why it goes up & down....so frustrating. Why didn't I marry an electricion?
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OK try this. Unplug the unit. Then where the heat element goes on the stud and the wires go to the front. Take a wrench Probably 5/16 and gently snug up all of the nuts. DO NOT over-tighten but make sure they are snug.
 
marquisella said:
So I had a very "duh" moment. On my incubator, there is a light bulb with 2 switches below it, one on the right & one on the left. I knew the right one turned on the fan & inside light bulb plus the outside little indicator bulb. The switch on the left, I had no idea but I put it in the up position like the right one, figured whatever it controlled, that was the "on" position.

NO, it was the off position. This morning before I wrote my previous post, I flipped that switch down, just to see what would happen. This afternoon, the thing was 104 degrees! So, how come the electricity switch is opposite from what one would think it should be?

I then moved the wafer closer to the switch, although it looked like it was touching it even then. After about 4 minutes, that outside light went off with a click. I'm assuming that the outside light is the indicator that the electricity is on or off. But then, why did it always come on when I switched the fan switch on? I'm confused now. Can someone explain it to me?

Thanks in advance.

Sue
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OK lets see if I can talk ya through this without drawing it. One switch should control the inside light. The other switch should have 2 wires coming from it. One should go to the wafer and then to the heat element. The second wire should go from the switch straight back to the fan. See the fan should run constant and the heat goes on and off with the wafer (thermostat)
 
Chicken Rustler said:
Quote: So thanks for the advice. So far, I have gotten the temp up to 100 before the electricity turns off. I had to position the wafer touching the button, then when it got up to temp, the water pushed out more & turned it off. I'm thinking that the switch is probably somewhat sticky if that makes sense or just needs to be replaced,or is that how it works? I was thinking that the wafer just had to touch the button to turn it off, not so it seems like it has to push in harder to activate the switch. Anyways, this afternoon, I sat there and as the temp rose, & the wafer turned off the switch, I adjusted it little by little until it switched off at 100. Now, should I worry that its 100 in front of the glass on the door right under the light bulb and maybe not 100 in the back of the unit? The fan is pretty strong, so I would think the temp wouldn't vary much through out the incubator, but I look suspiciously at the light bulb and wonder if that is providing some of the heat, and maybe I should adjust the wafer to push off at a slightly higher temp to allow for heat from the bulb?
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I was just given an old Farm Master Incubator. I have restored the outside and it still runs (was left outside for maybe 20 years!). It is missing a part though and I can not tell what it is from the schematic posted on the earlier pages.

The part it is missing is the light (?) between the 2 switches on the front of the incubator. I also don't know what the big spring on the inside of the incubator in the corner is for.

Can anyone help with these two issues?

Finally, is there a downloadable manual for these incubators? I copied the images from the earlier post on this thread - but they can be enlarged to read.

The thermostat (wafer) unit inside has a short - so I will have to replace that. Otherwise, it runs well. It has been holding 99.5F and 50-55% humidity all day now.

Thanks for any help.

Mike
 
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mjsjr said:
I was just given an old Farm Master Incubator. I have restored the outside and it still runs (was left outside for maybe 20 years!). It is missing a part though and I can not tell what it is from the schematic posted on the earlier pages.

The part it is missing is the light (?) between the 2 switches on the front of the incubator. I also don't know what the big spring on the inside of the incubator in the corner is for.

Can anyone help with these two issues?

Finally, is there a downloadable manual for these incubators? I copied the images from the earlier post on this thread - but they can be enlarged to read.

The thermostat (wafer) unit inside has a short - so I will have to replace that. Otherwise, it runs well. It has been holding 99.5F and 50-55% humidity all day now.

Thanks for any help.

Mike
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I can help....I've received a ton of help on here for my Farm Master recently. That light, should come on when you turn the switch on for the heating element. My switch for some reaon is upside down, so for 3 weeks I coudn't figure out why there was no heat, until one day I switched the left one up and the heat came on. The switch for the fan, turns on when the switch is down. The light between the 2 switches will stay on, until the temperature reaches the desired temp, and will go off when the heat goes off. Mine also has a little red button light above the switch on the left that come s on when the heat goes off. If that light your asking about doesn't come on when it is heating, it probably needs a new bulb.

I downloaded the manual that they recommended here from a site belonging to someone named Legg, but it doesn't give info about the functioning of the incubator. It is mostly about how to hatch.
I would love something that actually diagrams the workings and explains everything...

Welcome to the club!
 
Thank you!

Unfortunately - I don't have a light between those switches. I need to find a replacement part for it. But now I know the relationship between that light and the wafer thermostat on the other side (which I also have to replace).

There is also a light on the inside - a small brooder bulb. It comes on when one of the front switches is toggled as well. I know that one of the switches turns on the fan. The other turns on that inside bulb (and I assume the heating element). What is the little interior light for?

Also, I read that you found a new heating element/wire for yours. Mine works, but I am curious - where did you ever find one?

Mike
 
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Ok so I am a bit frustrated can some one please post a pic of how you are supposed to set the eggs when you are at capacity in a Redwood bator I cannot understand how it is even possible to 624 eggs into the incubator.
 
sasimpson77 said:
Ok so I am a bit frustrated can some one please post a pic of how you are supposed to set the eggs when you are at capacity in a Redwood bator I cannot understand how it is even possible to 624 eggs into the incubator.
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how many trays do you have in yours? I have three trays and while the most I ever had in there at once was about 150 there was plenty of space; estimate that it will hold around 100 per tray. just lay them down side by side....
 
I have 6 trays and I guess I am close to 100 per tray but they do not turn right so I am going to do some shifting tomorrow. I want turning to be easy and it is not the way they are set now.
 

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