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    diy incubator i built yesterday



    Has 11" heat tape on the door a small 110 volt fan for circulation of heat and two gallons of water. Its an old sanyo fridge that had a freezer like mini fridges. Was perfect for a homemade incubator. What do y'all think?
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    Re: diy incubator i built yesterday

    That looks awesome. Congrats. I've never made one, but shouldn't the water bottles be open? I don't know how sealed water bottles would add humidity, but I could be wrong.

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    Re: diy incubator i built yesterday

    Quote Originally Posted by sharkrocket View Post
    That looks awesome. Congrats. I've never made one, but shouldn't the water bottles be open? I don't know how sealed water bottles would add humidity, but I could be wrong.
    The water bottles help to maintain heat not add humidity. Great job! Make sure to run it and test it out prior to actually using it and I would add more water bottles

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    I've been running it for over 24hrs and its holding temps at 89.5 on the bottom and 90.1 on the ceiling. I'm going to put a couple more water bottles in it when i get more bottles. Thanks everyone.
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    do you plug in the fridge or is it just used as a sealed in place thanks and hope it works for you

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    The fridge was gutted. So all the actual components that keep a fridge cold was removed and just using it as a sealed housing for the heat.
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    1.4 normal
    0.2 pastel
    0.1 het pied
    0.1 possible het albino
    1.0 spider
    1.0 yellowbelly
    1.0 albino
    1.0 fire
    1.0 mojave
    0.1 cinnamon

    Dogs
    1.0 shih Tzu/yorkie

    Turtle/Tortoises
    1.0 Alligator Snapper

    Bearded Dragons
    1.1 normals
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