Help Adjusting! Genesis 1588 not so Easy!

That's a shame and really odd. I've never had one issue with mine before with temps. I'm on my second fan and thermostat because the chicks pecked the sensor off and they had to send me a new one and this one works just as perfect as the last one.

Sorry you're having issues. I think I would try a different thermometer and see what you get.
 
Also remember, If you are using the thermometer that came with it, those dinkey things can be as much as 5 degrees off, if you havn't already, go buy a digital one for 7 bucks at walmart. I love my 1588!
 
my 1588 always reads at 100 on the nose - but it's the digital thermometer I have that is incorrect, not the incubator. As long as the thermometer reads the same day in and day out, I'm not worried.

I actually plan on getting another one. I had been using my LG as a hatcher and I lost literally a dozen babies this last 24 hours because the stupid thing was fluctuating so wildly!!!

I love the 1588. Sorry you're having so much trouble.
 
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LOL, I sold my LG hatcher a few weeks ago for the same reason,now I'm on the hunt for a good deal on another 1588.
 
I'm using a digital Oregon Scientific Thermometer/Hygrometer. I finally have the temp down to 99.9. Will it make much of a difference during hatching, if the temp rises a bit to 100.8? Will the eggs I put in to hatch lower the temp?
 
When temperatures fluctuate in an incubator that is controlled by an electronic thermostat, I hate to say it, but the incubator is placed incorrectly. They must be in an area of the house in which the temperature does not often fluctuate, out of drafts and sunlight. I use a closet for my incubator, and place it on a shelf. I have had very little fluctuation (and it is controllable if it does), and that is with a two year-old wafer thermostat Hovabator. When I first got it, it was even more accurate, from what I recall.

Any incubator can hatch babies, if they have a device for regulating temperature and humidity in some way, no matter how advanced the technology is. It's all about how you adapt to using the machine, your own skills, and tiny variables such as outside temperature, outside humidity, and placement.
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That being said, the OP seems to have obtained an incubator set a little too high. That, or her house is a little warmer than ideal. It's really hard to say, but every incubator requires some time to acclimate to its environment. That may or may not involve human intervention.
 
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