How long for a hovabator to warm up?

[michiganlarry]

How long should it take the havabator 1602n to get up to 100 degrees?

 

[Big Chicken Little]

I would let it "normal out" over night so you know everything is working and stable.

 

[michiganlarry]

When I put it together according to the instructions it only went up to around 85 or so before the thermostat kicked out. Normal?

 

[LoupGarou]

You have to manually adjust your thermostat using the wing nut until it reaches the right temperature.

 

[sonew123]

It took me 2 days to get it right and even then-Ive had problems with it--Thank goodness my girls are home for spring break and I call every couple hours to have them check it and adjust if needed-I didnt realize after the eggs have been incubating a while the temp goes up too--duhh...

 

[michiganlarry]

I have been adjusting it here in my office to try to get it close before it goes home tonight. No water in it yet. Would that make a difference?

 

[hippie]

once they warm up inside they hold pretty steady. i still peep in on mine twice a day to make sure. occasionally it needs 1/8 turn one way or the other. i set some eggs a little over a week ago and it took awhile to get up to 100 with the cold eggs in there.

 

[michiganlarry]

I have it running with no water or eggs right now and it is close to the 100 degree mark. These 52 year old eyes need a digital thermometer to be certain of the temp.