Built a cabinet incubator...help me regulate temps!

[valley ranch]

That sound like a nice size. Don't know if you read the last addition. Do you have the second fan moving the air from the top, where the greatest heat is to the bottom? My homemade is horizontal.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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No, the second fan is on the bottom in the back of the hatching tray blowing up towards the rear of the fan on top. So I should put it in the front of the top to blow the air down?

I also wonder if my 'tray' in front of the fan might be too close? I think there's only 2 or 3 inches of clearance between the front of the 'tray' and the door.

 

[valley ranch]

For now if you have eggs only on one shelf, set your thermometer and temp on that shelf. After your hatch you can put in the ducting or pipe for a larger hatch.

 

[valley ranch]

That sounds right. Your don't want the fans fighting with each other. The only job of the top fan is to move the warm air down.

 

[knjinnm]

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Hi,
I think that would dehydrate those eggs faster than needed.

 

[valley ranch]

Greetings, If you haven't enough room inside the bator for a warm air return, you can use two 90 degree ells, the ABS pipe can exit the bator and reenter where you want want the return. The bottom fan can be facing any way you care to point it, the heat will go to the top.

Have you hatched in this bator before?

 

[shelleyd2008]

I just finished putting this together and was trying to regulate temps, I haven't used it to hatch yet. What is ABS?

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Hi,
I think that would dehydrate those eggs faster than needed.

What would? Making the shelf in front of the fan shorter?

 

[valley ranch]

ABS is that black plastic pipe used for wast or drain lines. They have it in the plumbing section. It is easy to cut and glue if you want to glue it.

Yes if you have enough room to make it shorter or you could just cut a notch for the pipe[ ABS] to pass by.

If the fan is blowing right on the eggs it will effect them. If you shorten the shelf the end might still cause a bit of turbulence with the air blowing aginst it.