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The purpose is if one fails the other kicks in so you don't lose your hatch,I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of wiring an incubator with two thermostats. Can you describe the purpose?
Interesting. I’ve only heard of doing that with lightbulbs or other heating elements, as thermostats are typically a reliable piece of equipment.The purpose is if one fails the other kicks in so you don't lose your hatch,
Try wiring them in parallel. I think it’s pretty unnecessary and I’d put my efforts into redundancy with heating elements, IMO. Caveat being that it only works with certain thermostats from what I understand.If you wire an incubator for 2 thermostats do you wire them inline so if one stops the other kicks in?
I'm talking about wafer thermostats, GQF wires two with one as a backup if one fails and i believe their in line.If you wire them 'inline' aka series circuit, if one fails both will fail. Wire them in a parallel circuit and if one fails the other will work.
^ I second this.If in series and one stat fails in the open position electrical current can not flow thru the second stat and on to the heat element. On my incubators I use an inexpensive digital thermostat with an output visual/audio alarm. By the way I am a retired electronics professor.