New electronic thermostat for incubator only $65.00

[Ken H]

Picked up an electronic thermostat yesterday. It has the option of 1 degree temperature differencial meaning that it will control the temperature to within 1 degree. Installed it and tested, it works as advertized and since it has a 'thermocouple' type temperature sensor it will never get out of calibration. It comes with an 8 foot sensor wire but can be legthened up to 500 feet.

 

[walkswithdog]

I hope it works well for ya but OUCH. The Reptitherms run in the 20's and 30's and are generally successful within .5 degrees.

And I don't even buy the reptitherms because my bators swing .5 to .8 on a regular water heater thermostat - $8.00. Next month I'm buying a Reptitherm because by then I think I can.

If I were building a cabinet bator I'd look at the better Reptile electronic thermostats, there are some amazingly nice ones. But when I start going that high - that's my money for the Dickey I want.

Which is why I'm building cheapo bators in the first place. Each hatch and sale bringing me a tiny bit closer to the goal, a Dickey.

Good luck with the bator...

 

[Dirt Road]

My feeble eyes can not tell from your picture what the brand name is. Also curious about how to get more info on it. Thanks

Jim

 

[Ken H]

Brand name is Ranco. Model # is ETC111000. Ranco is a big manf. of refrigeration controls for ages. Don't know if it's a good deal as I'm new to this game, but I do know they make a quality product and the thermocouple type sensor are extreamly accurate and will not lose calibration. At any given temperature there will always be at a given resistance and the control acts on it. I've read here about people having to have their thermostats calibrated or them being incorrect and I didn't want to chance that.

 

[Dirt Road]

Ken H;

Found the website, and bookmarked it. Looks very interesting. Might be a little spendy for the small cooler-bators, but if a fellow was working on a large fridge model, or rebuilding an old wooden one, it would be worth considering.Thanks for the info!

Jim