EMERGENCY!!! ***HELP*** Temp in Brinsea 20

[JordanFamily]

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Which thermometer?

I run my Brinsea Octatagon 20 Eco's so that the glass thermometer at the top reads just over 100 degrees, because that's where my thermometers at egg level read 99.5. You want the thermometers at egg level to be correct - the temperature way up there at the top of the 'bator doesn't matter (I don't know why they put a thermometer there, of all places), it's the temperature at egg level that's important. Ideally, in a forced-air incubator, the temperature would be the same anywhere in the 'bator, but I've found that it's warmer up higher by the heating element/fan in the Octagon 20.

My first Octagon 20 Eco was running 2 degrees too low when I got it from the factory.

The glass thermometer attached to the top right under the fan... So do you think I should increase it just a smidget until it is closer to 100.5???

 

[Sweetfolly]

If your glass thermometer at the top is reading around 100 degrees, you should be okay. How big are the eggs?
Mine are both reading just over 100 right now (maybe 100.3?), and the thermometers I have sitting at egg level inside the 'bators are reading at 99.7 (in the duck 'bator, the eggs are taller) and 99.5 (in the chicken 'bator, with smaller eggs). The thermometers I have sitting at egg level are little round ones made for reptile tanks that I tested against about 5 good, digital thermometers to make sure they're right!

 

[JordanFamily]

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I have medium and small bantam eggs in there and I think it might be reading just under 100, My eye site isn't what it use to be and I have issues with reading those damb glass thermometers anyways... so maybe I should increase the temp just a tiny bit until I see the line just peeking from out from behind the 100, so would make it 100.1 or 100.2 ... I'm also going to be adding some large eggs in next week and don't want to have the egg temp to high on them... What do you think?

 

[brendapa]

I have the Brinsea eco 20. The last hatch I had it ran on 100 on the top thermometer and I pipped & hatched 1 on day 19 and the rest on day 20.
I turned it down 1/8 of an inch and this hatch I'm at 99.5 on the top and I have an accurite that says 100 at egg level.
The Brinsea's are so contained and run so steady, I would not let it run above 100 degrees on the top thermometer.
Brenda

 

[cubalaya]

Update on the brinsea, 15 out of 18 hatched.a few hatched a day early. loading again today march 31. 21 eggs this time

 

[CedarRidgeChicks]