Where did you get your fan for your custom incubator?

[Jerhart]

I am going to be building another incubator shortly. I will be using 11" Heat tape for the heating element. However, I am having trouble finding a fan I should use. I have seen people use computer fans....

Where did you get your fan, and how did you wire it up? Can I wire it directly to the heat tape so that when the thermostat kicks on, the fan turns on while the tape is on....?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[2kdime]

Radio Shack sells fans, both computer and 120v.

You might even get ahold of Wallace, I got an incubator "kit" from him.

I already had the cooler, he just sold me the "guts"

Worth a thought.

[Jerhart]

Radio Shack sells fans, both computer and 120v.

You might even get ahold of Wallace, I got an incubator "kit" from him.

I already had the cooler, he just sold me the "guts"

Worth a thought.

How did you wire the fan? Was there any sort of fuse you had to wire into it so that the fan did not short?

[2kdime]

No, the fans and lights were all wired together.

There's no fuses.

[Jerhart]

No, the fans and lights were all wired together.

There's no fuses.

Right.

So could I use something like this:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2259651

And how would I wire it....? Could I just wire it directly to the end of a plug and plug it directly into the thermostat as you would when wiring heat tape?

Make sense?

[2kdime]

Youd want to have it/them on it's own plug so that it ran 24/7.

For that particular fan you'd need a small transformer to get the voltage down.

[Jerhart]

Youd want to have it/them on it's own plug so that it ran 24/7.

For that particular fan you'd need a small transformer to get the voltage down.

Ok THATS what I was looking for...

so

How do I know what transformer to get?

[2kdime]

HAHA

Any old 12V DC transformer will do.

Here's a quick one I found online, the Shack should sell them as well.

http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a...SFORMER/1.html

[Jerhart]

ok cool.

I just need someone to make me a radio shack list of what I need to get the fan to plug-n-play.

The incubator is 4x2x2'

I have the heat tape and the thermostat.


Now what do I need for the fan? Wattage? And what I need for transformer(size) etc.

Sorry...not so savvy when it comes to wiring this stuff up.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Here http://www.coolerguys.com/ac120vfans.html

I have a fan that does not need wiring or adapter.