Ideas for home made Bator [Rough Design Added] Thanks to Quintinp and Hatchcraft for ideas - Page 3

here is a rough design of what im thinking of building

its only rough but should give an idea

im gonna go with the miano elements

also what i have thought about is im gonan have the fans independant so i can turn them off for use in hatching Duck and Geese

and i will have a Humidity control Unit [Brinsea H22] that will be connected to teh top using the traditional way using the evaporating pads

the elemts will be enclosed and made safe inside a screaned wire mesh cage

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Originally Posted by quintinp 

I only suggested getting a crock pot, because they are EVERY WHERE around here at garage sales, and thrift stores.

im not knocking your suggestion it was a great one but crock pots you dont see many here in UK at garage sales [car boots] and new a bit expensive

but the miano element i can get as a double pack direct from miano UK for £30 so that for me is a bargain

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Originally Posted by HatchCraft 

 Looks like a winner. I know you have been thinking it over . Ninety percent planning and ten percent construction. I'm sure it will turn out great. Oh, and I  can't believe you are on the metric system. I thought the British invented feet and inches.  Whats the world coming to.

Thanks fingers crossed it will turn out good

Britain moved over to the metric system a long time ago before i was born i beleive

although that sid there is still alot of imperial we use as standard

driving speed is miles per hour

driving distance is in miles

milk and only milk is in pints

and a few other things i cant remember

just ordered my Maino Elemenets

£30.75p and £2 delivery

i even managed to catch them before going to post office so it will be posted today so should get it tmoz yay

cant wait to build it but still gona take a few more weeks to plan the electronics

i will be making it a bit more flashy hehe

im gonna attach a red ad green LED to it

the green will indicate its powered on and the red will indicate when the heating element is on and off

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Originally Posted by mohillbilly 

you can get a regular wire heating element from cuttler supply

they prob are available but i needed to take into account that im in UK

i had to get the thermostat from USA i decided to go with the more reliable one that was mention in another thread

the postage was more than the item but overall it was still worth it

btw i will be making the end design on auto cad so if anyone wants the plans once fully made just let me know