HELP! I need someone who knows Thermostat wiring!

[kelseygirl707]

Hey Everybody,

I just received the Thermostat for my home made incubator, but I need help.

Do I just hook up the power supply up then the two wires coming from the bulb to the heating holes, or will the bulb need a separate power supply, so basically will power flow through the thermostat to the bulb?

Thanks,
Kelsey

 

[kelseygirl707]

AnyBody?

 

[Mahonri]

Can't help you with a thermostat, but I have a fellow BYC aquaintance who is using a light with a DIMMER SWITCH. She just worked with the dimmer switch until the temp was perfect.

 

[kelseygirl707]

Thanks, I thought about the dimmer, but I hate temp fluxes, so I got a fully digital one.

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[patandchickens]

Post in (or ask the mods to move this thread to) the "Incubating and Hatching Eggs" section of the forum -- that i where all the thermostat-wiring geeks hang out <g> and they will definitely solve your problem for you, probably extremely promptly

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[NorthernOntario]

Unless it's a strange setup... 1/2 is your incoming (plug into the wall), 3/4 is the sensor wire, and 5/6 is the wiring to the heat source. Sensor connected to 3/4 trips a switch/relay, applying power from 1/2 to 5/6.

So no need for an alternate power source... your thermostat is the power source. Somewhere on the thermostat it should say what it's rated for... so you need to be sure that the heat source (or cooling source) doesn't draw more power than the thermostat can handle.

 

[Chicky Tocks]

Here you go! It's what I used to wire mine.

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

See post 10 & 11

 

[BradnKellie]

Ben there, done that, Chicky Tocks....................So, which one lit up, the light bulb or the thermostat?

 

[ray2310]

I would run a hot wire to #1 and neutral to #2. Jump a wire from #1 to #6. Go from #5 to the bulb and then from the bulb to #2