- May 18, 2009
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I built an incubator out of a styrofoam box, followed miss Prissy's directions. On one of the short sides I have the light on one side, the fan in the middle and then the thermostat. There is a sealed jar of water at the other end of the bator and a small bowl of water in the middle. I added 4 vent holes on the long sides.
I have 2 digital thermometers, one with a probe for internal temp and one for air temp and humidity. I couldn't find a water wiggler so I filled an egg with hair gel put the probe in and sealed it.
I read that the internal temp would change slower than the air but the probe one changes just as fast as the air temp. When I open the lid the internal one starts dropping within about 30 seconds.
The real problem is that no matter how I adjust or move the thermostat I cant get it to a small temp range. I can get it to 99.5 but it goes down to 94-95 and up to 101-102.
Here are the things I tried and none of them made much of a difference. First I put the thermostat on the side with space behind it for air, then I read about it reading the temp of metal so I put a metal plate behind it still with a gap for air, then put it up against the metal plate, then put it laying down on the bottom on and off the metal plate.
What am I doing wrong? How do I fix it?
Thank you
I have 2 digital thermometers, one with a probe for internal temp and one for air temp and humidity. I couldn't find a water wiggler so I filled an egg with hair gel put the probe in and sealed it.
I read that the internal temp would change slower than the air but the probe one changes just as fast as the air temp. When I open the lid the internal one starts dropping within about 30 seconds.
The real problem is that no matter how I adjust or move the thermostat I cant get it to a small temp range. I can get it to 99.5 but it goes down to 94-95 and up to 101-102.
Here are the things I tried and none of them made much of a difference. First I put the thermostat on the side with space behind it for air, then I read about it reading the temp of metal so I put a metal plate behind it still with a gap for air, then put it up against the metal plate, then put it laying down on the bottom on and off the metal plate.
What am I doing wrong? How do I fix it?
Thank you