Thermostat for DIY incubators

[jnjross]

i seem to be with the other crowd, i hate a wafer stat, you have to put in two to get a "tight" range, that $40, you can get a digital line voltage thermostat with .5 differ for that and set in and forget it

 

[jnjross]

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yeah but a ac man can adjust the diff on a digital

to .5 (married to one)

 

[98 gt]

But not the everyday incubator builder...

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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The wafer t-stats are supposed to hold within +/- .5. Since they are sealed bellows they do vary with barometric pressure though.

Like somebody said, they've worked fine in incubators for a hundred years. Even before electric incubators they were used to control the flame in coal or kerosene heated incubators.