I read the following Article....and it got me to thinking about homemade incubators and HOW we control temperatures in such "inventions".
ALMOST without exception, whether electronic or wafer-type thermostat, we "measure" air temperature NEAR the developing egg. Attempts to more closely "match" the temperature inside the egg have included the use of a "water-weasel" or lately, that "fake egg" that is sold on Ebay which contains a temperature probe. BUT, these methods ONLY MEASURE the temperature which "supposedly" exists within the embryonic egg. The temperature is "regulated" by the measurement taken of the "surrounding air, whether by wafer or electronic thermostat.
So, it came to me ........WHY NOT USE an electronic thermostat that is DIRECTLY connected to the PROBE inside one of those "Fake-Egg" Ebay items OR the PROBE in a "water-weasel". Seemingly, that temperature regulation would be far more useful in maintaining correct, egg-specific, incubation temperatures. And, it would seem to me, that this way of providing "input" to the thermostat would preclude "fiddling" with the thermostat so much.
What do YOU "experienced hatchers/incubator builders" have to say?
Here is the "link" to the Internet Article. IF you will scroll down the linked page toward the bottom, you will see a place where you can view the article in PDF form:
http://www.worldpoultry.net/article...ure-guideline-for-a-quality-hatch-id1468.html
just considering more useful techniques......
PERHAPS, for the "small home-hatcher", this is an "insignificant technological improvement" ????
-Junkmanme-

ALMOST without exception, whether electronic or wafer-type thermostat, we "measure" air temperature NEAR the developing egg. Attempts to more closely "match" the temperature inside the egg have included the use of a "water-weasel" or lately, that "fake egg" that is sold on Ebay which contains a temperature probe. BUT, these methods ONLY MEASURE the temperature which "supposedly" exists within the embryonic egg. The temperature is "regulated" by the measurement taken of the "surrounding air, whether by wafer or electronic thermostat.
So, it came to me ........WHY NOT USE an electronic thermostat that is DIRECTLY connected to the PROBE inside one of those "Fake-Egg" Ebay items OR the PROBE in a "water-weasel". Seemingly, that temperature regulation would be far more useful in maintaining correct, egg-specific, incubation temperatures. And, it would seem to me, that this way of providing "input" to the thermostat would preclude "fiddling" with the thermostat so much.
What do YOU "experienced hatchers/incubator builders" have to say?
Here is the "link" to the Internet Article. IF you will scroll down the linked page toward the bottom, you will see a place where you can view the article in PDF form:
http://www.worldpoultry.net/article...ure-guideline-for-a-quality-hatch-id1468.html
just considering more useful techniques......

PERHAPS, for the "small home-hatcher", this is an "insignificant technological improvement" ????

-Junkmanme-
