Which thermometer reading is right? Don’t know which one to go off on

[Debbie292d]

Yeah I checked and I would have to drop the incubator thermostat to 96 in order for the other one to drop to around 99.5 I checked the fridge and doesn’t seem to read the right temp

Of four incubators I own, three need adjusting but the worst is only 2 degrees.

Do you have a meat thermometer you could try checking in there? That little one seems sporadic. Maybe leave it in the fridge for 15 minutes or so to see.

 

[Efrainj1237]

Most fridges are around 38F or so. That isn't right then.

K ao

Of four incubators I own, three need adjusting but the worst is only 2 degrees.

Do you have a meat thermometer you could try checking in there? That little one seems sporadic. Maybe leave it in the fridge for 15 minutes or so to see.

k let me check if I have on e

 

[Efrainj1237]

I think it shoulld be right

 

[Efrainj1237]

should I lower it it’s so nerve racking lol

 

[Debbie292d]

should I lower it it’s so nerve racking lol

Now that you've verified it, I'd change it. That's almost a 5 degree variance though. What brand is that incubator?

 

[Susan Skylark]

You have the same thermometer and incubator I did with the same issue! The little giant was really running 105 (checked with a couple meat thermometers plus the digital), couldn’t get the little giant to drop in actual temp so never used (also the reason the gal I got it from never got her eggs to hatch with it!). I wouldn’t trust it with a clutch of eggs, I’d find a new incubator this one is fried.

 

[Debbie292d]

How do you do that

You can't on those. You can only verify if they are right or verify the variance. Mine now are all calibratable, but I've used one like yours in the past or in brooders where a couple degrees isn't such a big deal. If I recall, mine like that was off one degree so I put a sticker on the back of it to remind me what it really should show.

 

[Susan Skylark]

I use three of them and if they are all within a small range of each other then i know we’re fine. One alone might be suspect.

 

[Efrainj1237]

You have the same thermometer and incubator I did with the same issue! The little giant was really running 105 (checked with a couple meat thermometers plus the digital), couldn’t get the little giant to drop in actual temp so never used (also the reason the gal I got it from never got her eggs to hatch with it!). I wouldn’t trust it with a clutch of eggs, I’d find a new incubator this one is fried.

Damn spend like 200 on it for this lol and it was new

 

[Efrainj1237]

Now that you've verified it, I'd change it. That's almost a 5 degree variance though. What brand is that incubator?