Those of you with homemade incubators...

[JCoogle]

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Here is one pic.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/45538_chicken_91.jpg

If you dont mind me asking...in the far right rear corner on top of the water jar, what is sitting on top of it. Its a light color and dome shaped. Is it an egg?

No it is not an egg. It is a small bowl that i used to get the height right so I did not over turn the trays and knock the eggs out. You must have really looked at the pics to notice that.

 

[lil' fowl]

thankyou so much "Fishman" for clearing that up about the voltage.....and how did u know i am a idiot?:

 

[Chickenfarmer 1-2-b]

I am on day 6 using homemade bator, 1st time hatching. It has been running 99.0-99.3. So I thought I could improve the tempt even a little better. I tried to place a low wattage constant on bulb in there last night. Well right after which the tempt stays around 98 or less. Took out the extra light, no help. I must have bumped something in the process earlier. Stays up from 2-5 AM this morning trying to fix the problem, readjusting the thermostat. Lesson learned: dont fix it when it ain't broken, or you are down 3 hrs worth of sleep. It seems like the water heater thermostat is quite sensitive to movement. You can bet that I am going to keep my hands off the thing the rest of the course. Well, temp has been constant between 99.3-99.5 since. Hummmm, may be I did improve the thing, LOL.