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

[Simkie]

Ha! Just pulled up the manual. Yup, they tell you

 

[aart]

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.

Ohhhhhhh...yeah, that 'leaving to soak' has bitten my butt more than once.

Ha! Just pulled up the manual. Yup, they tell you

Oooops!!

 

[kittycat1356]

Not sure what this is all about but if it’s about humidity issues, I’ve used a humidifier and a plastic hose like the kind in fish equipment bubblers etc. and hooked it to an air intake so it shoots in the incubator

 

[CapricornFarm]

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

I have never submerged the base. And it was sitting in a packing box for the last 4 or 5 years. I did buy it used. So it must be i have overfilled the wells. I will just put some wet paper towels in there to increase humidity.

 

[Simkie]

I have never submerged the base. And it was sitting in a packing box for the last 4 or 5 years. I did buy it used. So it must be i have overfilled the wells. I will just put some wet paper towels in there to increase humidity.

And when you're all done and ready to clean, just wipe out the base

I used the evaporating cards to up the humidity for lockdown. Worked great! And quickly. Paper towels should do about the same thing! If you find they don't hold up well enough, couch blotter sheets (from Amazon) are the same type of paper and work well. They're used in paper making