Trying To Regulate My Incubator Please Help!!!

[chixruleboysdrool]

My hovabator incubator's temp keeps going up to 120 no matter what I do!!! Does anyone know what I should do??? I have chicken eggs coming sometime this week!!!!!!! Please help!!!!!

 

[jerseygirl1]

OK, what model incubator do you have? And, what are you using as a thermometer?

 

[mhwc56]

i would get a second thermometer and see what it says. The hova bators are pre-set to 100* as far as i know. I've had thermometers that read very low and very high from what the actual temp is. Get a thermometer that you can calibrate. I ordered 1 from Cutler Supply for 21.00 that is a therm. /hygrometer... order # 3018... they shipped FAST and it's very accurate .been having good hatches using it in my hova bator .

 

[chixruleboysdrool]

I think its a model 2362n because thats what it said on the sticker. Im using the thermometer that came with the incubator.

 

[speedy2020]

Can you just take the thermometer out of the bator and see it read your house temperature right?

 

[bargain]

I just toss the thermometers that come with the incubators! They are highly inaccurate... I suggest when you get another thermometer, that you look at a Radio Shack inside/outside combination hygrometer. It's $20 something but really helps. I also calibrate thermometer, hygrometer as this really helps on accuracy. Let me know if you need links for learning how to do that! Have a great evening... Be blessed. Nancy

 

[chixruleboysdrool]

My thermometer reads it right. What do I do now?

 

[jerseygirl1]

The 2362 is with the wafer, right? Don't you have to adjust it with the thing on the top of the bator?

 

[Barbedwirecat]

If it's wafer try keeping the wing nut loose instead of tightening it. That helped me a TON. Turn it towards decrease a full turn and see what happens. I also recommend a digital thermometer with a humidity setting. They are cheap and are easy to read. Just make sure to calibrate it. Walmart/Radio Shack has them. They make your life a lot easier.

Do you have a picture of the incubator?

 

[allmychickens]

http://www.amazon.com/Bator-Still-Thermal-Incubator-1602N/dp/B004XNMGM0
i have this model and at first it wouldnt go above 80 degrees!! t works now!! i dont know why?!