Maticoop X won't heat high enough

[jjjennejjj]

I have a MaticoopX30 and it won'y heat high enough. I have a hygrometer inside and have bben way impressed with how stable it keeps the humidity compared to my 6 Nurture 360s, but everytime I check the temp it is lower vs higher. This morning it was at 96. I keep bumping the temp up, but at this point I have it set to 103.5 and it doesn't increase the inside thermometer. Does it cycle through heat temps or is it supposed to be a consistent temperature? I did not have this problem during the dry hatch 0-18 days. It consistently matched. It only started this once I added water for lockdown. I have unplugged it for 30 seconds and it did not affect temps. Anyone got troubleshooting tips? Also, is this hatch doomed?

Conversely, my Nurture360 keep running hot. I bump it up .5 and goes up 1.5 then I lower it .5 and it goes down 1.5. I calibrated all of these before putting the eggs in. Is it possible the power supply to that one room is insufficient for 7 incubators?

 

[jwcarlson]

What temperature is it in the room and how consistent is it?

I don't know how much I'd trust onboard hygrometers, but I'd set aside the humidity issue for the time being.

It's unlikely that there's not sufficient power for the incubators. They don't typically use much power, between the fan and the heating element on most tabletop incubators, they're probably not drawing 100W each, so between the 7 of them, they are probably not drawing as much as even a space heater. Not to mention you'd be tripping a circuit breaker or blowing a fuse if it were overloaded.

Are all of the nurture's running hot or just one?

I don't know what kind of controllers these incubators have, so it's tough to comment exactly what might be going on.

On the MaticoopX, you might have to sit for awhile and watch the temp, I would assume that it's cycling high and then shutting off. Then it cools down to some temperature and then starts heating back up? What is that range?

 

[nuthatched]

Do you have a calibrated thermometer in there too?

 

[nuthatched]

Try insulation, wrap a towel around it but don't cover the air vents.
Hatch will be late but fine.

 

[Tex452]

The problem with my maticoopx 30 is the opposite, it heats too high, I have to set it on 99* to get 99.5-100*