i use a thermostat controlled safety switch in my bators
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5pcs-Thermostat-Temperature-Switch-50-C-NC-KSD9700-/370535551115?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5645a3d08b
this heating element has a built in safety switch and I am now using these and are very happy with them...
It depends on the size of the fan in the space heater. You could certainly try it as long as you have a way to get the heat to the bottom of the cabinet and let it rise passively
Unfortunately the incubator is in the Philippines and my caretaker does not speak enough English for me to be able to get him to understand what I want. I would have to wait till my wife gets back to the farm in a few weeks.
I don't use lights. I have started using ceramic heater elements you...
The function of the fans is to distribute the heat evenly.
Your heat sources with radiate heat outwards in all directions - like a camp fire. Without movemment assisted by the fans, the incubator wil heat the eggs closes to it more efiiciently that the eggs further away. Add to this the fact...
I am setting eggs for a friend as I live in an apartment when in Los Angeles. I will have to put the eggs in foam insite the bator, run it on a inverter in the car and transport them 2 hrs when I do my egg run for next trip
I have a crappy old Farm Innovators 2100 that I upgraded with a...
That cooler is very small but appears tall - I would mount it on the side as high up as I could go.
if you put it on the side, configure it wil the fan about 1/2 in from all of the bator. I use #8-32 machine screws - I would put three through the holes in the fan to mount to the bator and one...
that one will be way too hot for your micro bator.
I would suggest http://www.ebay.com/itm/6-50mm-220V-120W-Cartridge-Mold-heater-Heating-element-/171122633559?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27d7b42b57
its meant to run on 220 so it will be just 60 watts on 110.
I attach it using one of...
I am experimenting with a new heat source
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261435468641
basically the guts of a small fan heater.
hopefully its instant on and off and little heat retention in the element.
i will put it diaginally across a 100mm case fan.
there is a 12v option in 150W that...
yes you could but i have yet to have an issue with an incubator overheat. when my big bator is holding 600 eggs it barely uses any heat source during the last week
i use a temp control safety switch set at 45C to shut down the incubator if there is a catastrphic failure. they are a couple of...
for the purpose of showing the accuracy I cut the end off a pc power cord and put it directly onto the controller but in my set ups i use 6" lenghths of red black and white solid core wire and tthen connect to them.
thats great. Using them on cheapo stryo bators was a great epiphany following me overheating 41 eggs with a Farm Innovators chick killer
i am glad it worked out as well for you.
mine are cabinets made from 3/4 plywood woth 1/2" silver foil/foam insulation inside.
there is a buit in relay
it is important to buy the STC1000 not a look alike. The look alike has a single relay and can be set for heating or cooling but as cooling is done with refridgeration units with a condenser, there is a 10sec delay in the relay swithing on to protect the cooling unit...
So as I have recomended this product so many times, having someone make a near blanket inaccurate statement bothers me a tad. The "MOST" caveat is all well and good but this is the thermostat recommended the MOST
I have made 10 incubators for myself and others all with excellent "out of the...