YICK! Brinsea Octagon peeps...don't submerge your base!

Simkie

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Or this will happen! Gross!

I recently bought this second hand and it's in good shape otherwise, but the cost of replacing the base sure means I didn't get nearly as good of a price as I thought :-/

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Mine leaks, i can't keep the humidity up. Concerned about remaining eggs. I had to help a couple keets that were shrink wrapped. And i didn't open it before the first 24 hours of lockdown. Keets have been hatching early.
 
Or this will happen! Gross!

I recently bought this second hand and it's in good shape otherwise, but the cost of replacing the base sure means I didn't get nearly as good of a price as I thought :-/

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you can't just scrub it clean? Can't tell if it is busted open, or screwed open in your photo.

Mine leaks, i can't keep the humidity up. Concerned about remaining eggs. I had to help a couple keets that were shrink wrapped. And i didn't open it before the first 24 hours of lockdown. Keets have been hatching early.
To get the humidity up higher I have found strips of paper towel coming up out of the water wells helped, as did putting something like a cookie tray or tiny shallow dish full of water under the air intake holes.
 
you can't just scrub it clean? Can't tell if it is busted open, or screwed open in your photo.


To get the humidity up higher I have found strips of paper towel coming up out of the water wells helped, as did putting something like a cookie tray or tiny shallow dish full of water under the air intake holes.
Thanks AL!
 
Or this will happen! Gross!

I recently bought this second hand and it's in good shape otherwise, but the cost of replacing the base sure means I didn't get nearly as good of a price as I thought :-/

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Wow! That is grotty :sick Is that the insulation that’s damaged too? I’m so glad I’ve never stuck my base right under water!
 
This is the inside of the base, and what you see is what happens if you submerge it when you clean it instead of just wiping it down :sick There's some foam insulation in there, along with an iron bar (for weight and as a heat sink, I assume?)

I have another one of these and *I* made the mistake of submerging it when I cleaned it after a hatch...but noticed the sloshing and the weight and opened it right away. Got everything dry--no harm, no foul. But when I saw the rust on the base screws on this new one, figured I should check inside. And ick. The iron bar has rusted badly and totally compromised the foam insulation in the bottom.

Brinsea should really have a "do not submerge" warning on these! It sure SEEMS like a good idea to toss everything in the sink. Don't do it! :(
 
Brinsea should really have a "do not submerge" warning on these!
I'll bet it's there somewhere in the manual...in very fine print.
Tho the rust is really not a deal breaker, probably could prevent it if unit is dried off inside after every cleaning/incubation.
Caveat, I am not familiar with this bator, is it easy to take apart?
Can the humidification troughs over flow into the the base?
 
I'll bet it's there somewhere in the manual...in very fine print.
Tho the rust is really not a deal breaker, probably could prevent it if unit is dried off inside after every cleaning/incubation.
Caveat, I am not familiar with this bator, is it easy to take apart?
Can the humidification troughs over flow into the the base?
It has screws which go into plastic which you have to take apart to clean inside the top part. I have not taken the bottom apart but i have had leaking so when this hatch is over i am going to take the bottom apart to see why it leaks.
 
I'll bet it's there somewhere in the manual...in very fine print.
Tho the rust is really not a deal breaker, probably could prevent it if unit is dried off inside after every cleaning/incubation.
Caveat, I am not familiar with this bator, is it easy to take apart?
Can the humidification troughs over flow into the the base?

Easy to take apart--four screws. But also easy to just use a sponge on the inside rather than submerging the whole base. Really, the only way for it to wind up looking like this on the inside is if you toss the WHOLE base in the sink to clean, and let it soak there. The seams between the two halves that make up the base aren't water tight at all. But with the iron bar in there, the base honestly FEELS like a solid piece of plastic. Seems very reasonable to just soak that sucker.

There are separate holes in the base that drain the water wells if they overflow. They go all the way through both pieces and should not allow water *inside* the base at all. If you overflow the wells, though, the base does leak out of those holes. I think the manual says to fill within 3/4" of the top and no further while the base is on the turning cradle.

@CapricornFarm if you're not overfilling your wells, and maybe you've submerged the base, you might have water inside leaking out of the screw holes :oops:
 

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