Well I just had to do emergency repairs on my incubator. The thing shocked the #3^^ out of me when I touched the can the thermostat is mounted to. Fortunately, the dehydrator and the fan is on a separate line so I left it running while if fixed the wiring for the lights. The dehydrator generates most of my heat the light just takes it the rest of the way. I think that eventually I will buy a commercial incubator and use this one as a hatcher. I removed one of the lights that I had quit using anyway because it got things too hot. Originally I had thought to use 2 lights but the heat wouldn't stabilize and I put the dehydrator base in and turned off one of the lights (old lamp switch). I think I had some sloppy wiring in the the second light that let me get shocked so I took it out.. Haven't brought myself to touch the thermostat again to see if I still get shocked though.
By this time the temp had dropped to 83˚ F so I put the lid down and I'm getting a cup of coffee while the temp comes up again. I checked some of the eggs and found that one of the ones I had waxed smelled so it's out of there now. I will open it up probably tomorrow after the rains stop so I don't smell up the house. It was one of the mixed bantam eggs. I still need to seal some places with some expanding foam so that I can get the humidity up to 80% for the lockdown.
The eggs feel different than they did at first. I don't know if that means anything but the weight inside the egg is distributed differently now. They may have just dried out some but I am hoping it means there are chicks inside.
