- Jun 9, 2012
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Hello friends!
Quick question before I add my 36 beautiful Guinea eggs to this new incubator:
I purchased a Hovabator Genesis 1588 with the digital read-out of set temp, actual temp, and % humidity.
The "actual temp" displayed is consistently higher (by up to 0.5 degrees) than the "set temp" displayed.
I tried it with 100.0 degrees Farrenheit as "set temp" and the "actual temp" reading is 100 to 100.5 and it starts to heat up again when the temp goes to 100.2 or so.
When I set it to 99.5 degrees Farrenheit, the "actual temp" reading is 99.8 or so, maybe 100 and the heat comes on when it gets to 98.7.
My question is: which should I trust, the "set temp" or the "actual temp reading" since the two consistently differ by about 0.5 degrees and the heater consistently comes on to keep the temperature about 0.5 degrees above the "set temp" it seems?
Does anyone have experience with this?
I am incubating Guinea Fowl.
Thank you so much for your kind help with this question!
Quick question before I add my 36 beautiful Guinea eggs to this new incubator:
I purchased a Hovabator Genesis 1588 with the digital read-out of set temp, actual temp, and % humidity.
The "actual temp" displayed is consistently higher (by up to 0.5 degrees) than the "set temp" displayed.
I tried it with 100.0 degrees Farrenheit as "set temp" and the "actual temp" reading is 100 to 100.5 and it starts to heat up again when the temp goes to 100.2 or so.
When I set it to 99.5 degrees Farrenheit, the "actual temp" reading is 99.8 or so, maybe 100 and the heat comes on when it gets to 98.7.
My question is: which should I trust, the "set temp" or the "actual temp reading" since the two consistently differ by about 0.5 degrees and the heater consistently comes on to keep the temperature about 0.5 degrees above the "set temp" it seems?
Does anyone have experience with this?
I am incubating Guinea Fowl.
Thank you so much for your kind help with this question!
