TEMP ?'s

[buzzard chick]

I have 3 thermometers in the incubator, The digital Fluker's reads 100, the mercury hovabator reads 97 and the other is an amphibian thermometer reading 97ish. Wich should I trust?, all hygrometers are reading the same. Thanks for any ideas.

Jen

Nevermind... I figured it out! LOL

 

[Josie]

Tell me what you found out please!
I am having variations of 10 degrees!

 

[okiechick57]

I think the variations are okay. Ihave humidty therm and air temp gauge and wiggler.all remain within .05 of eachother...........it is the bigger numbered differences that make it scarey..........comign from a newbie on hatching that is.............

 

[PurpleChicken]

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My opinion is go with the hovabator themo. The location of the thermometers
make a big difference also. My Flukers usually read high than the good old
fashioned mercury type (or whatever chemical they are using these days).

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Again, curious...

Glad you got it figured out, Jen.
Good luck!
Lisa

 

[PurpleChicken]

These were sitting on my kitchen table for an hour so they had plenty
of time to settle. Actual temp was 68. Notice the $5 gold thermometer?

 

[Josie]

The information is really helpful.
Purple Chicken - how did you know the "real" temp of 68?
And I stopped by Walmart tonight and no hygometers or thermometers, where and what to buy?

 

[PurpleChicken]

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I used a Fluke infrared gun with an additional probe. It's a $200 tool I use
for doing thermal analysis on power systems. It told me the surface temp of the
table, the thermometers and the probe told me the air temp. 68 degrees is an
average but should have a tolerance within +/- .5%.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

, sorry for the disruption.

 

[silkiechicken]

LOL, I use a Fluke tool to measure stuff too. There's an abundance of them at home so I grab one and add the temp probe... it's awfully funny to use a Fluke 289 as a thermometer though... since it's made for much more stuff...