Parts needed for cabinet incubator

[HatchCraft]

GQF website has dimensions of 30 1/4 deep x 15 3/4 wide by 31 3/4 tall. Someone that owns one could give more detailed info. I do know the cabinet can be cut from one sheet of plywood. I make a large cabinet hatcher from a single sheet less the drawer material . My cabinet is 18 wide x 32 tall and 30 deep not including the thickness of the back and door. 32 deep overall if you include door ,back and gasket thickness. You can use bulbs instead of an element, but element will have longer service life. Photo of 5 drawer hatcher .

 

[CountryBoy47]

I have some general knowledge of incubators, but most of my specific knowledge is of my own designs. I can,t tell a lot from your single photo. How do you envision the air flowing. Looks like the humidity / fan shelf and egg drawers extend from front to back with little air gap . Do the egg drawers have solid or wire bottoms. Less restriction equals better air flow and better flow equal uniformed temps. I am guessing you will need more than one fan because of the width. GQF manufacturing sells 225 watt heating element with the ceramic insulators that could work if the incubator isn't located in a cold area. That would be a good choice or a 300 watt finned strip heater. If you are on a budget they sell wafer thermostat that are cheap and easy to install. The STC 1000 digital thermostats are inexpensive and work well. Search for them on ebay. They cost around 20.00 I use PID digital , but the set up I use runs 100.00 As far as safety, rule 1, don,t use any larger heating element than you need to. 300 to 400 watt should be enough for an incubator that size. I repaired a home made incubator for a guy that had a 1500 watt space heater in it . Fan failed and it caught fire. Rule 2 use a secondary thermal shut off in case primary thermostat fails. Include a fuse when wiring in case of electrical short. I use a fused power entry module. Many good ideas on this site if you search for them. Sorry I can't be more help.


Example of air space front and rear with vented drawers for air flow.





Bad design. Not mine.Heating element to large. 1500 watt.
No thermal shut off.

Example of a fused power entry module.

Hatchcraft do you mind sharing the measurements of your cabinet incubator.

 

[CountryBoy47]

Hatchcraft do you mind sharing the measurements of your cabinet incubator.

The inside upper wall where the fan is to be specific.