Is this a fan?

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Here's my battery powered fan, its working. My egg embryos are right on target. I had to take out the auto turner and I had to up the temperature.

 

[K0k0shka]

You have everything plugged in properly?

Yeah. It’s been plugged in since last night. Its own thermometer is off and it thinks it’s 100 degrees when in fact it’s 95, so I have a heating pad under it to help. Not perfect, but the heating element is definitely working, the display light is on, etc.

 

[K0k0shka]

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Here's my battery powered fan, its working. My egg embryos are right on target. I had to take out the auto turner and I had to up the temperature.

Oh that’s a great idea! Is it one of those little handheld fans?

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

This is the $17 fan I ordered from Amazon that is a plug in, so I don't have to keep buying batteries hopefully.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Oh that’s a great idea! Is it one of those little handheld fans?

Yes it is, I had to duct tape it to a board to keep it from falling over and to keep it fanning the heating element.

 

[chickens really]

Yeah. It’s been plugged in since last night. Its own thermometer is off and it thinks it’s 100 degrees when in fact it’s 95, so I have a heating pad under it to help. Not perfect, but the heating element is definitely working, the display light is on, etc.

I would invest in a better incubator. Your not going to get a very good hatch if it's actually screwed up?

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Mine does the same thing reading temps are off and I don't think there is a way to calibrate it. I leave thermometers in it, and baby it the whole time. I have better incubators that I use, but I have a ton of eggs right now so I fired mine up. Just watch it like a hawk! Nothing better to do right now anyway right...

 

[aart]

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Here's my battery powered fan, its working. My egg embryos are right on target. I had to take out the auto turner and I had to up the temperature.

Looks like a chick killer.

 

[casportpony]

That's the thing... it doesn't sound like anything

That's because there is *not* a fan. See how there are just two wires coming from it? The black and white wires are are the high voltage AC wires that power the heating element. If it had a fan there would be two more low votlage DC wires. This is your picture.

This is what mine looks like, it has a fan and *four* wires. Black and white power the heating element, red and black power the fan.

 

[casportpony]

So my question is... Is this thing in the LG a fan,

No

and can I therefore count it as a forced air incubator?

No

Or is it a fan missing the propeller, and therefore not a fan anymore, rendering the LG a still-air incubator?

Yes

and I end up using the LG, I want to know what temperature to aim for.

I think the suggested temp for a still air is 101.5 at the top of the eggs.

@Pyxis wrote an article and it says:
"If your incubator is still air, meaning it does not have a fan, you want your temperature to be 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit/38.6 degrees Celsius measured at the top of the eggs. "

Great article:
The Beginner's Guide to Incubation