Homemade Incubator - Picture Heavy

[bullrider]

WOW looks great you have alot of talent

 

[77horses]

Awesome job! I just finished my bator, and like you, I made a turner myself, too!

But mine is way smaller.

Great job! Can't wait to see the results!

 

[TheNewMrsEvans]

77 i would love to see pics of yours...mine will be smaller than hers too so it would be a good model

 

[RoseHawke]

My pardon, I'm used to house wiring - do these things not matter which is the hot and which the neutral wire when you wire them up?

 

[BirdBrain]

All wires can conduct electricity regardless of color. It is a whole lot easier and safer if you have the wires properly color coded. The thermostat and the fans both have two wires coming out of them. I guess if they don't work the way you do them initially, you can always switch around after.

On the ceramic light bases, you put the hot wire (black) to the brass screw and the return (white) to the stainless steel screw. Green wire is ground, if you are using part of an extension cord.

Is that what you asked?

 

[RoseHawke]

Not exactly. In ordinary 120v home wiring there is a a hot, neutral, and ground - modern receptacles are polarized with the neutral (white) wire being attached to the silver screw (the long slot on the receptacle,) and the hot wire being attached to the brass screw (short slot. Ground goes to green screw of course.) I know that on #16 lampwire the ridged side is normally seen as being the neutral wire. Most of this small stuff does not look to have the wires marked in any way, or at least not that I can see from photos. It may be more obvious in person. I do know that I've a few tools with plugs where both blades are the same width so I assume there are instances where it does not matter and was wondering if these might be one of those instances. Ordinarily if the polarity is not correct, there could still be current flowing to the device even if it's switched off.

 

[GracefulBantams]

BirdBrain, great job on the 'bator! I really like that turner....it will definitely be in my next design

 

[jvls1942]

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Brrrreeeep! you guessed wrong!!
you will not have a second chance if you wire a solid state thermostat wrong.. you will have fried it..

 

[wilds of pa]

Nice job on the bator,,love the turning tube idea...

Charlie

 

[BirdBrain]

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I guess it is a good think there are people here with more experience than me and I guess it is a good thing I don't have one of those fancy thermostats.