I just finished building my first incubator. I used a 24 x 20 styrofoam cooler, a 25 watt lamp for heat and I'm controlling the temp with a Ranco electronic temp controller at 100 +/- 1 degree. The fan I am using is a dayton 115v 12 watt 3 1/8 axial fan.
The heat from the fan is providing the heat for the incubator, the lamp only comes on about 2 times per day, I actually had to cut vent holes in top of cooler to keep box from going up to 103-104. I used an infrared thermometer and measured the surface temp of the fan at 122 degrees at the motor bearing. This is a new fan.
Anyone else have this experience and do you see any potential problems.
Placing eggs in incubator for first try today. 12 Ameracuna and 12 Black Marans.
any feed back on what to expect or if I need to do something different please let me know
The heat from the fan is providing the heat for the incubator, the lamp only comes on about 2 times per day, I actually had to cut vent holes in top of cooler to keep box from going up to 103-104. I used an infrared thermometer and measured the surface temp of the fan at 122 degrees at the motor bearing. This is a new fan.
Anyone else have this experience and do you see any potential problems.
Placing eggs in incubator for first try today. 12 Ameracuna and 12 Black Marans.
any feed back on what to expect or if I need to do something different please let me know
