Styrofoam Incubator

[3forfree]

try to bend it backwards away from the curl, maybe on a sawhorse, or the edge of your countertop

 

[AussieGirl]

Ok I just thought of another question does it matter where the location of the lower water heater Thermos goes? Should it be places near the heat bulb?

 

[3forfree]

This pic isn't the stytofoam incubator that I use but you can get an idea of how close I put my thermostat, and the fan would be placed in front of the light to throw the heat to the other end. I modified this thermostat and was testing it to see how well it worked. BTW it worked excellent.

 

[AussieGirl]

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Awesome thankyou

 

[quintinp]

Yes the back of the thermostat, the metal side need to be within 1 to 1 1/2 inches from the light bulb. Here's a pic of my thermostat placement.

 

[crankster76]

thermo shouldnt be close to the heat source like that. ya should have it away from the source to get a uniform heating. just dont see how that would work...

 

[quintinp]

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A wafer thermostat wouldn't need to be that close, but a water heater thermostat does, and for the people I have suggested it to always come back on here happy, because their temps are better. A wafer thermostat, or a fancy digital thermostat doesn't need to be that close, because they read the ambient temperature, the water heater thermostats mainly respond to the radiant heat. If you wish I could send you a link to a video explaining what I am talking about.

 

[crankster76]

10-4 gottcha...thks

 

[quintinp]

10-4???

 

[crankster76]

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sorry, thats the trucker in me. means yes, understand...