Homemade Mini Fridge incubator questions

[josh]

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The way my fridge was made I had to put the water on the bottom. I have one light on bottom and one on top. the thermostat is on the bottom and the fan is to. I am not using a pc fan I am using a bigger fan to circulate more air. I will try to get a picture.

 

[josh]

I have used this for 3 years. But having trouble getting the temps to stablelize. And be even.

 

[josh]

I calibrated my therm. and wrote down how much each one was off. So on my top rack is 99.5 - 101.5. Bottom runs 98.4-101.8. Low number light comes on. High number is where the temp starts to drop agian.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

if its that close I would leave it be... But is that with or without eggs? Eggs will restrict air more.

 

[DVTO2]

What do you use for a thermostat control for the light bulbs?

 

[josh]

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Hot water heater thermostat.

 

[gumbii]

you should just put the heating element either on the top or the bottom... i'm using a mini fridge right now being heated by two 40W bulbs next to eachother... one fan blowing past the bulbs, and another fan blowing from the top to the bottom... i get a good stable temps from top shelf to bottom shelf... also, i was trying to use the water heater thermostat, but my room fluctuates a lot in temps... so i had to get a used ronco temperature controller... my room gets 80° days, and 47° at night, but the incubator stays 101°-98° no matter what...

 

[josh]

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U got a picture?

 

[gumbii]

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U got a picture?

nope... and right now my room is dark... i'll take some tomorrow, just remind me...


but oh wait... let me check my phone, i'll email them to photobucket...

well that took forever...

two bulbs, close to eachother, the thing with the water heater thermostat did not work... i put it closer, but the temps would fluctuate according to room temp... so i got ronco and now only have the water heater thermostat at 104° just in case the ronco goes out... also, that fan worked perfectly, but i added a second 12v fan and it blue out my transformer... LOL... now i have two super strong 110V PC fans for aquarium canopies...

anyways... i hope the pictures help... srs biddness...

 

[WarrenHound]

i was considering a reptile heat pad.mat and a hydrofarm MTPRTC digital thermostat for heat pads/mats and placing that on the bottom of a shelf and have the water on top and above that the eggs? do you think that is possible or would it lose to much heat or should i have the water beside the eggs or below the heat mat? then a small fan from walmart or something. any other heating ideas that do not involve crazy cord cutting and more electrical brainy stuff than i know...