mounting hot water thermostat

[nellynelly]

i am wondering how people have mounted hot water thermostats in homemade incubators. i have looked at the pages here, and no details on how one is mounted. for testing/calibration purposes i used bailing wire, but i am looking for a more secure fastener.

thanks

 

[Fred's Hens]

Rush Lane Poultry has a half dozen videos on YouTube. Wonderful and instructional, covering every step. In the older videos, made a couple of years ago, he made several with hot water heater thermostats and does a good job adapting them for increased accuracy.

Those videos are well worth viewing a couple times. Rush Lane Poultry.

 

[nellynelly]

watched his videos, very informative. i guess i was just wondering if others have creative ways to attach the thermo. the model i have does not have screw ilets. i went with the slightly classier solution than bailing wire, zip ties. so yeah, it is secured, just not pretty, and a bit of a challenge to adjust. but it works. so yeah, anyone have picture of a great solution to attaching a thermo?

thanks.

 

[Jordi15]

I use command strips... The ones that look kinda Like velcro but they "click" together. That way it can be easily adjusted. Works great.

 

[Fred's Hens]

I use these for mounting a socket. I glue them into place using Gorilla Glue which is not a Super Glue product, but sure holds well, although it take 24 hours to set fully. But, one in place, you can screw anything into styrofoam.

Just cheap little plastic hollow wall anchors.