Nurture Right 360 temp fluctuating

[FauxintheCoop]

Hey all!
I have a Nurture Right 360 incubator that I'm getting prepped for some eggs I should be receiving next week. However, I am getting a LOT of temperature fluctuation.
I left it this morning and my Govee was reading 100.0, I checked my Govee in an hour ish and it was at 100.7 so I had my bf lower the incubator temp by .5 before he left.
It was stable at 99.9 for another hour and a half before suddenly dropping to 97.5.

Can anyone offer some tips for keeping the temp from going crazy? It's on a desk, with the only window in the room closed, and behind a screen to keep the sun from cooking it.

 

[FloorCandy]

I think you got a bad one and should exchange it. if I don’t open mine the temp stays very stable, and it goes back up pretty quick after being opened.

Mine is in front of the front door and the window, it’s like 10-20 degrees f outside now, and when the door is opened the temp stays firm in my nr360.

 

[Weeg]

Where are you keeping your bator? NR360's are really awesome incubators, but they need to be kept in an area/room with a stable temperature, or else it could affect the temp of the bator. Moving it to a closet, or area that isn't bothered much might help. Keep it away from a window etc.
That should help. If you do this and it doesn't help, then you might have a defective one. Usually they're very reliable though.

 

[FauxintheCoop]

I think you got a bad one and should exchange it. if I don’t open mine the temp stays very stable, and it goes back up pretty quick after being opened.

Mine is in front of the front door and the window, it’s like 10-20 degrees f outside now, and when the door is opened the temp stays firm in my nr360.

I'm thinking you are right! I'm happy to buy a new one if it comes to it but over night it stayed dang near perfect at between 99.3-99.7 then this morning it lost its mind. In fact now it's up to 100.4 again without anyone having touched it.

I'm a little big flabbergasted why it would be fine at night and weird during the day?? Even if it's defective thats pretty regularly defective haha

Where are you keeping your bator? NR360's are really awesome incubators, but they need to be kept in an area/room with a stable temperature, or else it could affect the temp of the bator. Moving it to a closet, or area that isn't bothered much might help. Keep it away from a window etc.
That should help. If you do this and it doesn't help, then you might have a defective one. Usually they're very reliable though.

It's on a desk under a loft bed and I've draped a blanket over the side of the bed to keep it shaded from the sun. There's one window in the room and it's closed, even still our ambient outside temp is 45 at night to 70 max during the day this time of year so there's no crazy fluctuations. I'm thinking more and more that this one just doesn't want to work anymore haha I've had it running for three days and every day it goes a bit haywire but at night it seems to stay ok.

 

[Weeg]

night it stayed dang near perfect at between 99.3-99.7 then this morning it lost its mind. In fact now it's up to 100.4 again without anyone having touched it.

This makes me think that the room doesn't have stable temperature. If no one is moving at night, opening doors, etc, it keeps your temperature in the house more stable.
I would try moving it a closet or area with a controlled temperature and see if anything changes.

 

[FauxintheCoop]

This makes me think that the room doesn't have stable temperature. If no one is moving at night, opening doors, etc, it keeps your temperature in the house more stable.
I would try moving it a closet or area with a controlled temperature and see if anything changes.

I can definitely that a shot, although in the last 2 hours no one has been home and it went from 99.5 to 97.5 to 100.6 according to my Govee thermometer.

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

I am no incubator expert, but i can tell you it is very distressing having a hatch fail when you have done everything you can to make things right and the incubator decides to jump around. Last spring I ended up with one lone duckling out of 20+ eggs that were all developing nicely until the very end. I was fortunate that another member was willing to take it as i wasn’t able to get new ones on short notice.
My advice would be to replace it.

 

[FauxintheCoop]

I am no incubator expert, but i can tell you it is very distressing having a hatch fail when you have done everything you can to make things right and the incubator decides to jump around. Last spring I ended up with one lone duckling out of 20+ eggs that were all developing nicely until the very end. I was fortunate that another member was willing to take it as i wasn’t able to get new ones on short notice.
My advice would be to replace it.

I can only imagine how bad that must have felt I have zero qualms buying a new one but I wanted to be sure it wasn't something I was doing wrong first. Thank you for sharing your experience!

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

I can only imagine how bad that must have felt I have zero qualms buying a new one but I wanted to be sure it wasn't something I was doing wrong first. Thank you for sharing your experience!

We used an old still air incubator that my wife had, next time i am going to get the highest rated one I can possibly find, tossing 20 dead eggs sucks.

 

[Weeg]

I can definitely that a shot, although in the last 2 hours no one has been home and it went from 99.5 to 97.5 to 100.6 according to my Govee thermometer.

Are you sure its not the Govee that is inaccurate? I purchased a Govee for a different incubator I used a while back and had the exact same experience. Did you calibrate the Govee? Look at this thread I made a while ago, I tallied the experience of everyone who had an NR, and asked if the temperature/humidity gauge was accurate.
Thread- https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/nr360-temperature-accuracy-experiences.1465053/