Thermometer/hygrometer recommendations

[minna]

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I don't know which one to trust, that's why I am asking this, mine read different sometimes and I want to know which to go by. But I can tell you the 35.7 Celsius is 96F.

 

[Black Feather]

Hmmmm.....good questions. What type of thermometer to use/trust. I just checked my incubator and older model Sportsman 1202 and both thermostats were reading 99.5 F, which is excellent!

UC

 

[Mahonri]

I compared my Radio Shack thermometer with the one the GQF sends with the bator. They are the same.

If they don't hatch, I will feel badly.

I've felt badly before.

Still here.

Wow.

 

[HappyHatch'en]

Answer for you Folks regarding the 3 gauges,( earlier thread ), Boy em I happy....I called the incubator mftr., they told me how to recalibrate their unit to the Helix....they trust the Helix DBS1000 temp reading....and their unit new is $2,200. Now I'm really happy, I paid $75 for it. I'm still testing....no eggs yet, I want to add a fan and one more air vent hole.
Happy Hatch'en

 

[mhaines4102]

I have not had good luck with the cheap digital stuff. I calibrated the hygrometer and it was off by 11% (I had also bought an acurite) I calibrated a few red spirit style bulb thermometers and compared them with the acurite and it is almost 5 degrees off. I have switched to lab thermometers. Those I can calibrate in ice water. And I am switching to a mason's hygrometer because it too can be calibrated. There are hygrometers with adjustments in them out there, but I don't have one. I am waiting on a hatch now and after the last one, I am just nervous as a cat hoping my temps are right now.

BTW, if you get a lab thermometer, it needs to be a TOTAL IMMERSION thermometer.

 

[HappyHatch'en]

I called Accu-temp and ask what their tolerances are on their digital temp/humidity thingee for $15.00 is. I was told that the "Industry Standards" are 2 degrees temp and 5% humidity....sounds just like being the weather man....he can be wrong and keep his job too. I bought a Radio Shack $20.00 unit yesterday and is showing me 98.3 and my $130 Helix DBS 1000 Thermostat is showing 100 degrees.
So the Radio Shack's product is within the boundary however I don't know if my humidity readings are accurate on it....24% and has been in the incubator for 24 hrs, with a cake pan/sponge in it....I might take a shower and throw my bath towel in it to see what happens.
By the way for you EGG TURNING INVENTORS - Home Depot sell a timer for $18.00 that you can set 15 times per 24 hrs....found it where they have smoke alarms.
Happy Hatch'en Folks

 

[helios]

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Aren't total immersion thermometers designed to measure liquid temperatures, not air temps?

Just researching and shopping for a thermo/hygro that won't break the bank or my heart