DIY automatic Humidity apparatus?

[gpop1]

Has anyone considered trying a nebulizer?the mist woud be smaller particles than a traditional humidifier and it comes with the tubing... just a thought

seen a few in thrift stores that ive been tempted to just to test one. I know other people have used them as ive seen something like that on you-tube.

 

[Sseckel]

GPOP1- I would like a plug in play, I am honestly not as good at wiring as I like to think I am.
I have been able to maintain 30-40% so far with the sponge but my bator is small and I am running out of surface area so I am a little worried about keeping it high enough during lockdown.

 

[Sseckel]

I have looked into the decorative mister/foggers as well, sine that would be ok with a single water source

 

[gpop1]

look on ebay for " humidity control " or " humidity switch "

plug and play is expensive around $45. Wire our own is 3 to $30

 

[stryker]

Very interesting

 

[Sseckel]

I am interested, how would a person wire their own?

 

[stryker]

This is what I did with a fogger last week or a tad later. I bought one of those $10 foggers off of amazon with the lights so I know that it is on. I wired an outlet to a WH8040 to set the humidity so I can plug it in when needed. It worked great and had perfect humidity. If I wanted 75% humidity it would increase it in as little as 10-15 minutes from 60% humidity.

 

[Sseckel]

Stryker-

Thanks for the info, I am going to try this for my next hatch. I just entered lockdown on my current batch so hopefully that one goes well with just the water pan.

 

[stryker]

Stryker-

Thanks for the info, I am going to try this for my next hatch. I just entered lockdown on my current batch so hopefully that one goes well with just the water pan.

Good luck with the lockdown. I ended up cutting the lid wide enough that the fogger sat in the middle of the container and the lid kept the splash/splatter from going out of the container. It worked great. I moved the fogger above the chicks as you can see in this pic and had to put a tray over the tub to divert the air flow. In this incubator the air flow comes from the bottom. I am working on making a different incubator and am using the lid and container for this one. I marked two lines on the container. The bottom line is about an inch above the fogger so i can tell when it is getting too low and the top line is the highest that I can add water and it still putting tons of fog out. I just used a air line from a fish tank to put water in there when needed during lock down.

 

[Sseckel]

Love this! I will definately incorporate this into my next incubator. I have learned so much this time, I am going to do a total rebuild before the next batch of eggs arrive.