Problems with lighting in incubator help!

[Jakrzz]

So I've got the whole homemade styrofoam incubate set up and when I put the thermometer/hygrometer in and checked on it later, it said 109!

It's only a 40 watt white bulb and is on the other side of my incubator.

I've tried aiming the fan at the thermometer, poking good sized holes..

Any ideas? Lower wattage? Thermometer malfunction?

 

[GAQuail]

Do you have a thermostat in your homemade incubator to regulate the temperature?

 

[Jakrzz]

Well it's just a digital thermostat that measure temp and humidity. I tried venting in many different fashions.. But nothing got it right.
And inside the incubator itself doesn't feel all that hot, especially not 109! Maybe it's just a faulty thermometer. I'm gonna try a red bulb and see if that works out

 

[ozexpat]

Well it's just a digital thermostat that measure temp and humidity. I tried venting in many different fashions.. But nothing got it right.
And inside the incubator itself doesn't feel all that hot, especially not 109! Maybe it's just a faulty thermometer. I'm gonna try a red bulb and see if that works out

sounds like a digital thermometer not a thermostat

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good luck

 

[GAQuail]

Well it's just a digital thermostat that measure temp and humidity. I tried venting in many different fashions.. But nothing got it right.
And inside the incubator itself doesn't feel all that hot, especially not 109! Maybe it's just a faulty thermometer. I'm gonna try a red bulb and see if that works out

A thermometer/hygrometer measures temp and humidity. A thermostat regulates the temperature. Its sounds like you don't have a thermostat in your incubator. A thermostat would turn the heat source (light bulb in your case) on and off to control the temperature.

 

[Jakrzz]

Sorry

I meant thermometer the whole time.. Idk why I've been saying thermostat!
But I finally got it under control, turns out my thermometer/hygrometer is 100% accurate with humidity but is off 2-3 degrees. So when it says 103 it's really 100 or 99!