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post #1 of 29
4/29/12 at 6:04pm
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I Wanted to know

 

Is it possible to use a Ceramic type Heat Source

 

Like a Ceramic Bulb or Element

 

instade an incubator using a Ambiant Thermostat??

 

Im looking at a Bulb that is 150Watt although i think 75 Watt is sufficiant


Edited by Habibs Hens - 5/3/12 at 2:01pm

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post #2 of 29
4/30/12 at 4:02pm

 

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Originally Posted by silverfox0786 View Post

I Wanted to know

 

Is it possible to use a Ceramic type Heat Source

 

Like a Ceramic Bulb or Element

 

instade an incubator using a Ambiant Thermostat??

 

Im looking at a Bulb that is 150Watt although i think 75 Watt is sufficiant

 

 

 


I was told by someone that used one, that they aren't any good. If I were you, I would buy the GQF heating element for $7 instead of buying an expensive ceramic heating bulb, or buying a bunch of Incandescent light bulbs. I use the light bulbs, but one of these days, I will have an incubator that doesn't use the bulbs for heating.

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, Let there be light! And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. Ellen DeGeneres   
also//////// Y'all also need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, my homemade fridge-a-bator, and my cabinet incubator on my BYC page.

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-cabinet-incubator

http://www.backya...

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In the beginning there was nothing. God said, Let there be light! And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. Ellen DeGeneres   
also//////// Y'all also need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, my homemade fridge-a-bator, and my cabinet incubator on my BYC page.

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-cabinet-incubator

http://www.backya...

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post #3 of 29
4/30/12 at 4:05pm
Thread Starter 

where can i get the elements from as thats my ideal situation but cant find them

 

i dont want to use light as it will annoy me flashign away

 

so thats why i asked about the ceramic ones as they are readily available

5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

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5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

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post #4 of 29
4/30/12 at 4:16pm

 

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Originally Posted by silverfox0786 View Post

where can i get the elements from as thats my ideal situation but cant find them

 

i dont want to use light as it will annoy me flashign away

 

so thats why i asked about the ceramic ones as they are readily available

 


Only place I know of to get the GQF heating elements is on the Web; Ebay, Amazon, Google Shopping.........

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, Let there be light! And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. Ellen DeGeneres   
also//////// Y'all also need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, my homemade fridge-a-bator, and my cabinet incubator on my BYC page.

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-cabinet-incubator

http://www.backya...

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In the beginning there was nothing. God said, Let there be light! And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. Ellen DeGeneres   
also//////// Y'all also need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, my homemade fridge-a-bator, and my cabinet incubator on my BYC page.

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-cabinet-incubator

http://www.backya...

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post #5 of 29
4/30/12 at 7:13pm

The ceramic elements will not work in my experience.  They take a while to heat up and take a long time to cool down.  You need something that heats up quickly and cools down quickly.  Even though I have used light bulbs successfully in the past, the wire elements are by far the best.

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post #6 of 29
5/1/12 at 2:20pm
Thread Starter 

i have seen rcom replacement heating wire elements

 

do you think they will work


Edited by Habibs Hens - 5/1/12 at 6:23pm

5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

Formerly Silverfox0786

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5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

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post #7 of 29
5/1/12 at 8:16pm
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i have seen rcom replacement heating wire elements

 

do you think they will work

I have an Rcom, and took it apart, the wire is very small, and probably wont heat a large space very well, unless the walls and sides of the incubator are lined with the stuff.

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, Let there be light! And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. Ellen DeGeneres   
also//////// Y'all also need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, my homemade fridge-a-bator, and my cabinet incubator on my BYC page.

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-cabinet-incubator

http://www.backya...

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In the beginning there was nothing. God said, Let there be light! And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. Ellen DeGeneres   
also//////// Y'all also need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, my homemade fridge-a-bator, and my cabinet incubator on my BYC page.

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-cabinet-incubator

http://www.backya...

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post #8 of 29
5/2/12 at 2:50am
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Originally Posted by quintinp View Post

I have an Rcom, and took it apart, the wire is very small, and probably wont heat a large space very well, unless the walls and sides of the incubator are lined with the stuff.

 

the one i saw looks like there is quite a bit of it

 

from an rcom 50

 

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5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

Formerly Silverfox0786

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5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

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post #9 of 29
5/2/12 at 6:28am
What Kind of incubator are you planning to heat? Cooler, Styrofoam shipping box.

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, Let there be light! And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. Ellen DeGeneres   
also//////// Y'all also need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, my homemade fridge-a-bator, and my cabinet incubator on my BYC page.

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-cabinet-incubator

http://www.backya...

Reply

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, Let there be light! And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. Ellen DeGeneres   
also//////// Y'all also need to check out my homemade cooler incubator, my homemade fridge-a-bator, and my cabinet incubator on my BYC page.

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-cabinet-incubator

http://www.backya...

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post #10 of 29
5/2/12 at 10:16am
Thread Starter 

i am planning on building my incubator out of 18mm marine plywood, interior will be primmed to seal the pores

 

the only thing im struggling on is

 

what heating elemnt to use and from that decide how big it should be for the element to not get over worked

 

im getting as much info as i can before i design it

 

i always design my work on ~CAD

 

the other thing to mention is although it will be a fully functioning Incubator, it will purely be used as a hatcher and i wont be putting in a turner for that reason

5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

Formerly Silverfox0786

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5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

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