Lockdown humidity

[dathy]

Three questions,

How much humidiy is too much or too little during lock down ?

Is it bad if water is not condencing on my incubator window

Is it ok if i filled the center water trough in my incubator to the brim but hardly filled the outer water trough ?

 

[steveclank]

Is it bad that water IS condensing in brinsea octagon? How open should the vent be? It's 2/3 open right now.

Just wanted to add a few more questions

 

[A.T. Hagan]

It sounds like you are not using a hygrometer in which case I would stay as close to the incubator manufacturer's instructions as possible. The vent being open 2/3 and still having condensation on the window indicates to me you've got plenty of humidity.

 

[dathy]

It sounds like you are not using a hygrometer in which case I would stay as close to the incubator manufacturer's instructions as possible. The vent being open 2/3 and still having condensation on the window indicates to me you've got plenty of humidity.

yeah i have a digital hydrometer but it is very inaccurite

 

[A.T. Hagan]

It's too late to do so with this hatch, but you can calibrate a hygrometer. It's easy to do and requires no exotic material but does take two to three days of time.

Here are the best directions for this that I've yet found: http://ezinearticles.com/?Prevent-Mold!-Hygrometer-Calibration&id=602308.

You don't need all of the exotic salts, Plain old table salt will suffice. Just make sure the container you use will seal air tight and you can see through it so you can read the hygrometer without having to open it. You'll soon know how much it's off.