Why does my outlet have to be evil

[gabrielle1976]

I woke up this morning and checked my bators, the homemade one was running and looks good the other one was at 63 freaking F.

The light was off, so I checked the modem and power pack plugged into the same power surge protecter thing and they were on so I thought shoot its my bator, but when I bumped the socket thing it turned back on. I have lose outlets plugs can fall out of them , Any one have any ideas. most every one in my house is like that so its not like I can move it and be fine. If these eggs hatch it will be a miricle this is the 3rd temp issue.

 

[Snakeoil]

Try spreading the prongs on the bator wire to make it fit tighter.

 

[WalkingWolf]

Sounds like the outlet is worn out, this can be dangerous. A loose connection can arc and cause a fire. You should replace the outlet, they are not expensive only a buck or two.

 

[gabrielle1976]

Oh ok thank you. I will try that , Im tempted to duct tape them to the socket ,

And Ill have my owner replace them then because sevral do have dark marks around the edges its kinda scary I only use the ones I have to .

 

[gabrielle1976]

Ok I have my bator back up to 100.7
I checked 3 light tan eggs from my 11 that are due in about a week and all 3 had babies moveing in them , I will save candleing the others and the other 2 batches for tonight at the earliest and most likey not till there due for candleing again anyways.

 

[vermontgal]

In addition to replacing the outlets, you should make sure that any outlet in the kitchen, bathroom, basement, or garage has a GFCI outlet or is protected by a GFCI circuit breaker or "upstream" outlet. I believe this is code, and is probably required for a rental property.