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  1. jabowery

    Solving the Thermostat Conundum

    I figured the air flow through the cartons wasn't that important so long as I didn't use the totally enclosed cartons. The main thing is the enclosed fan is really moving the air past the lightbulb so that the temperature is pretty consistent throughout the interior -- that and when the...
  2. jabowery

    Solving the Thermostat Conundum

    I've been getting 80% hatch rates on the last 3 incubator runs started June 2, 4 and 7, with the one started on June 2 having the highest hatch rate of about 23%. Since the June 2 run was exposed to basically the same conditions that the prior runs were exposed to I now think the most likely...
  3. jabowery

    Solving the Thermostat Conundum

    I have a suspicion that the reason I'm getting low hatch rates with many of the eggs nearly fully developed when I stop the incubation (usually at day 24 or 25) is that the temperature in the incubator is too low for those eggs despite the AT8001 reporting temperatures between 37C and 38C...
  4. jabowery

    Solving the Thermostat Conundum

    I bought an Digital AT8001 All Purpose Temperature Controller that I got off E-Bay for $15 and set up this incubator with it: The container is wrapped, more or less, with an insulated comforter. The white box is there to tilt the incubator as a kind of egg turner during the first couple...
  5. jabowery

    Solving the Thermostat Conundum

    All of the components for a DIY incubator are easy to come by or fabricate except one: The thermostat. Before we go further please note, incubator warehouse is out of stock on its $50 thermostat and, for crying out loud how can they be out of stock at that price? I'm going to explain to...
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