Which thermometer?

[Josh45640]

Hi all.

I just bought two incubators. One is the still air model that TSC carries and the other is a circulated air hovabator. They both have egg turners. They came with those little mercury thermometers on a plastic sheet but I dont trust them. Ive got the still air full right now with some americanas and some random layers and I have both thermometers in it. I have one under each window. One says 99.5 or so and the other says 97. So,I would like to get a more accurate digital model so I know that the temp is right. Which model do you guys recomend? Is a hygrometer really necessary as well? Thanks!

 

[ChooksChick]

Read the Incubation Cheater in my signature for a look at the only thermometers I trust.

 

[bburn]

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Thanks....have already bought four thermometers! All different reading. Going after this kind now!

 

[zekii]

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Good info, will try it the next time I use my Styrofoam incubator ...

Cheers !!!

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Calibrating a thermometer for accuracy.

 

[pascopol]

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This link does not help much, everybody should know the ice/water point is at 32F and water boils at 212F at sea level.

Now show me an average thermometer going to 212F ?


The range/oven thermometers go that hig but they are completly useless for incubating.

Only some expensive mercury laboratory thermometers go that high (212F).

So the only way to "calibrate" or rather verify any thermometer analog or digital is COMPARING it's reading with

VERIFIED thermometer.

The analog human temperature body thermometer can be use for verifying a thermometer, since they are pretty accurate and in the range useful for incubation (96-100 F).

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Apparently you didn't read the page. It says not to use ice water or boiling water but to trust a medical thermometer an match all your others to it. It does tell how the ice water an boiling water method works to though.