Incubator too hot!!

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I dont get bothered, I enjoy helping. thats why its all out there, Have a nice weekend y'all!

 

[Rashid100]

Thanks for the suggestions guys I got the temp to right about 99 but the next morning it jumped to 105 and then it was fine again in the evening. Anythin

g I can do to stabalize it? Heat sinks? Not sure how to set those up though.
Once again thanks for helping guys

 

[vehve]

Sealed water containers help stabilize the heat, without adding to the humidity. But a thermostat is still going to be your best bet.

 

[Rashid100]

My bator was at 100 degrees for a couple of days but this morning the weather got warmer and the temp jumped to 103. It's so frustrating! What should i do? I have a sealed glass jar with water in there too. Any suggestions from you guys would help a lot. Thanks

 

[MeepBeep]

Get a thermostat, even if it's a cheap water heater one and calibrate it to the proper temp, so the light cycles on/off...

http://www.lowes.com/pd_362351-135-9008079046_0__?productId=3693208

The water heater one above has about a 4° swing but that is better then no control... If you get it dialed in to swing from 98° to 102° internal egg temp will be about 100° for $9 it's worth every penny...

I just built a hatcher using one of these, can't say I would use it as my primary incubator but it holds pretty darn well for a cheap build...

 

[Rashid100]

Thanks a lot! I'll try to get a hold of one of those

 

[vehve]

Placing the incubator in the spot with the most stable temperature in your house helps too. Don't keep it in sunlight, or in a room with loads of windows. A basement or windowless room in the middle of the house would work best.

 

[Mehjr10]

This is what I used to control my temps, http://www.ebay.com/itm/10A-110V-Di...758?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19ebf67fe6.

You could also buy a wafer thermostat. like this. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wafer-Therm...789?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f15df2f2d

I found the swings in the Water heater thermo to big.

Or a dimmer switch but instability in the room environment will have an effect on it.

 

[darkbluespace]

I built my incubator out of a styrofoam cooler and the first 2 hatches I controlled temp with a dimmer switch... it wasn't summer yet and I had to check it constantly... I mean... obsessively. I just got a $13.00 thermostat off of ebay (recommended by someone on here) and it is much easier than a hot water heater thermostat... it controls temp within one degree. I love it! Now I can do other things while incubating... like working... to pay for more eggs, of course! Here is a link to a similar one, they are really easy to wire. I got one that was 90 to 220V so I just wired an extension cord to it so I can plug in what ever heat source I want to use.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10A-110V-Di...758?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19ebf67fe6

(Now I see Mehjr10 recommended the same one!!)