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I know that "bumping" is a form of spam on this forum () but I am still not getting the humidity. I will move the humistate to the inside of the bator tomorrow, I sure hope the moisture and electricity play good together. This is not as easy as I thought it would be. I saw all the home-made...

Good. Then maybe this crazy idea will work One little problem though... it isn't a turn on and forget for the day. She is using ALOT of water. I am still going to be forced to top off the water a few times a day. And the water level makes a big difference in the fog. Too much water and...

Before I forget, if you really want to make humidity there are options on this cigar site: http://www.bestcigarprices.com/cigar-directory/humidifiers-cigars/ Should perform the task if you have a cabinet 'bator and the $$$$ Like I said, I am using a paint mixing cup for the water. Do you...

I forgot to clarify something. That pic shows a dish of water. The mister through so much water around the incubator was wet, wet, wet! I have since switched that for a 1 quart paint mixing cup. When the mister is buried underwater it doesn't throw the water around. Since the cup is...

rebelcowboysnb, I bought one of the misters and installed it. Are the chicks going to hatch doing the electric slide with the lighting effects? Seriously, this thing make humidity!!! Doesn't take long to go through a quart of water. On one of my first attempts at setting it up I pegged...

Well since I wasn't getting anywhere with the air stone idea and am trying to find a used reptile fogger I shut the power off. It has been off for 2 days now and guess what, the humidity is at 44%! So, does that mean that my fan may be too large? I did flip the fan from the way it came. The...

Since the forum doesn't have a cooking equipment section I thought I would put this here. Well, I said i would try anything to get the humidity up. In all honesty, I don't think the air pump idea is going to work. I took a spray bottle of water and shot the inside of the 'bator. It...

Quote: A friend of mine dropped off a 2 outlet air pump but I need to find another stone. Humidity is still low. But the door is fitting tighter so.... maybe the wood is just that dried out? This morning I started spritzing water in the 'bator to see what that will do. I'll keep everyone...

Alright gang. This morning I moved the air pump into the incubator. We'll see if it helps (I can't believe it wouldn't) and if it holds up to the humidity. It should. We get 100% humidity days in summer and I have never heard of a mass aquarium failure The other thing I did this morning is...

Quote: It would have been nice to restore this one but there were just too many pieces missing from it to get the kerosene heater working. That is why I am converting this one. I had a complete unit but sold it to someone who will restore it. At the time, I wasn't part of BYC and didn't...

Quote: I guess I never thought about the pump putting cool, dry air into the 'bator. I wonder how the pump will like the hot, humid conditions? Kinda screws up the way I have the air line plumbed but I will give it a try! The humidstat is open in to the inside of the incubator through a 3...

What I don't understand is that right now the humidity reads 28% but the little house icon shows High humidity Can these cheap things be consistent to each other but that far off? When I turn the knob on the humistat, it clicks off at about 45%. So it is reading 45% and the gauges are about...

OK gang, I am trying to get some humidity in this thing. It wont get over 30%, 90% of the time. (huh?) Well maybe the wood is that dried out and is still absorbing everything I can throw at it? Here is my take on an automatic humidity control system: There was a hole from the copper tube...

I installed 2 Acurite humistat/thermostats in opposite corners, about 4 inches away from the walls and set the thermostat to 100 degrees. It was dead on!!! I left it on for the last 48 hours and fluctuated the rooms air temp and it held 100 degrees constantly!!! Now that I know my heating...

Quote: It is a petiatric unit. (add the www and dot com) It is designed for their incubators. Since I was starting with an uninsulated wooden box I figured I would go big. Their is no insulation, just wood. And it is dried out redwood. I need to figure out the humidity controls yet...

I've finally got everything together and operational other than the humidity controls (still working on that plan). Here is a pic of the inside with the lid removed. I removed the tube and put it in storage. Here is the light I used for a night light. I am using a 7.5w bulb. The hole is...

Quote: It's a kerosene incubator. It will clean up beautifully. I would clean and refinish it, add discrete modern electronics without removing the old parts, and use it. If you don't want to do it, send it to me That's the plan! I sold one this spring that was much, much more complete...

Well, the pieces are coming together. I have 2 of the cheap Springfield thermometer/hydrometers coming. I figure one of them should be accurate. I ordered http://www.petiatric.com/complete125wattassembly.aspx instead of scrounging. I promise to share the experience with all of you when I...

Thanks for the link ozzie It doesn't look like they have changed the heating system at all over the last 100+ years! So I guess that they are steam heated. Hmmm, how to make a small scale electric steam boiler... I better watch it. I may just blow myself up

No thoughts? Or are you all afraid I will win the best homemade 'bator contest