Humidity???..HELP!!!!!!!

[cici_p]

For me in my homemade bator I am keeping half a piece of paper towel folded that sits on a spot directly over the light bulb (not touching! Fire hazard, lol) and in front of the fan. Every time I open the bator, I take out the paper twoel and spritz a few mists of water on it nd put it back in. This makes up for the dry air that enters every time I open the bator (I also have a bowl of water and a sponge below the light and in front of the fan, but in such an arrid climate it only keeps the humidity at 30-35% and this drops the second I open the bator). Depending on the amount of water I put on the paper towel I can keep my humidity anywhere from 40-75%, although the 75% will eventually fall down to 55% over time. When it comes to hatching time I am planning on replacing my small paper towlel with a warm, damp cloth. With a damp cloth sitting over the light bulb and in front of the fan it is very easy to keep the humidity in the 70-80% consistently.

Hope this helps.

 

[Nicola]

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is that for digital my friend has the exact same one as mine and it works fine

Yes. Mine is digital and was off by 10%. I asked around about it and got people telling me their same one was off by 2% to 15%.

well i wil do it when i have more salt
and does the test need to be in a mug??

 

[Nicola]

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what do u mean over the light do u have a piccy??

 

[cici_p]

Here is a pic of my incubator (although I have since moved the thermostat as per previous posts). Note that the hardwear cloth sits over my light bulb and in front of my fan. This is where I put the paper cloth or the wash cloth.

Hope that helps!

 

[Nicola]

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yer it helps but my light is in the lid of my incubator so the heat scorce is above the eggs and spreads throughout the whole thing