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I use hot water bottles when the power goes out. Not just the incubator but in the Brooder. If the power goes out for so long that I no longer have hot water available then I use the grill and heat water that way. I am considering getting a small solar panel for charging my power tool batteries and keeping an incubator operating.
 
Guys, I just want to share this diy incubator that absolutely does not make use of gas and electricity, this is good for emergencies such as power outages as a backup or alternative incubator when there is no electricity.
 
If you have frequent power outages, I do not because we are on the smart grid, invest in a good UPS system. I have several and can run my TV/entertainment system and I have a backup that I can connect to an incubator/brooder should the need arise. Oh, I’m an electrician so I have all the electrical playtoys.
It all depends on your power companies uptime to you.
 
studiocluck said:
Anyone have any experience with just using an Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) for this, like they use for computer systems that can't go down?
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See my post in this thread. You can get a UPS in any size. Buy the best value and oversize without going wild. Example: I needed 2kw for my entertainment/smartphone/tv system but I found a 12kw system on sale and got it for a small difference in the price.
A UPS system is a great tool and I whole heartedly recommend every home and business have at least one to safely shutdown electronics.
 
Our power went out and luckily I didn't have that many eggs in my cabinet incubator. I put the eggs in a styrofoam incubator. I used a Portable Power Jump Starter with an inverter. It worked. The temperature in the incubator went down to 78ºF. I thought I had lost this hatch. I candled some eggs and to my surprise I saw some movement and surprisingly had a good hatch.
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I got one of these pure sine wave power stations with lithium battery and tested it on my brinsea 28 ex for three hours, neighbours have a power outage planned for day 20 of my "siciliana white" and "ixworth" hatch. I calculated it should last 16.67 hours if required.

Cost me $386AUD

https://www.edisons.com.au/genpower..._jUXhEiVPmfTZFikOC6sSbSfW14qFFo8aAjdSEALw_wcB

These are what siciliana white look like:

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