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    In case of emergency?

    This is a topic i was thinking of almost randomly but i poses a very serious question to me, I'm just getting into breeding myself and I'd like to know what would some of you do in this situation, or what would be the best thing to do if there is anything you could do at all..

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    You Bp has recently laid a clutch of eggs, during incubation you have a power outage, you do not have a generator (as more often not that many people do). Hours go by and power is still not restored and the clutch is at severe risk. You have no idea what the temp is inside the incubator cause the thermo has no power to display it ,and opening the incubator would take away from any heat/humidity you have left in it. A whole day might possibly go by before power is returned..
    What would you do if any thing can be done ??

    For me I would have the heat packs I use for shipping, as I know more likely I will always have extras, and i would use those as a temperarory heat source, as well as having an old fashoned thermometer to try and somewhat monitor the temps,
    or if the incubator is small enough I would call a family member and if they arent too far I'd ask them if i could hook the incubator up at their place if they have power.


    I'd certainly like to hear all your ideas on this situation as some healthy advise i could use for the future
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    Re: In case of emergency?

    well, my acurite takes AAA's so that will always have power.and as fair as heat goes I would start my fire place get the room warm and then check my temps . If that dont work I know some ppl I could take my eggs too for a over night thing if I need to.
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    Re: In case of emergency?

    I have lost power fo as much as 12 hours while incubating eggs. One way that we try to keep the temps as stable as possible is to store as much water in the incubator as we can possibly fit in there during incubation. The reason that we do this is that water retains heat much more efficiently and longer than does air. I typically have at least 15 gallons of water in my incubator at all times. Remeber, that as much as it might suck to lose power, there is nothing you can do about it, so leave the incubator closed and pray for the best.

    I know I have mentioned this before, but it seemed like a good time to bring it to light again. Remember that most people (unless you spent a small fortune on your generator) have generators that put out "dirty" power. With that said, most proportional thermostats will not work with dirty power. So, if you intend on using a generator for your incubator in case of a power failure, make sure you have a back-up thermostat that is an on/off thermostat.

    I hope some of that helps.
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    Re: In case of emergency?

    Thanks for sharing that Tim! I'm going to be using a dorm sized fridge as an incubator, and so I'll be sure to add water bottles in the un-used spaces.

    Your post is now marked in my favorites for easy reference!

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    Re: In case of emergency?

    No problem Robin. I try to pass on what limited informtion my wee brain holds.
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    Re: In case of emergency?

    That is awsome I'll keep the water in mind, I plan on making a small fridge into an incubtor as well, and that iis some useful info indeed
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    Re: In case of emergency?

    Curious as to what you consider a fortune for a generator?... My pops has one that he spent like 5-6k on that will power and entire floor of a house... weve only had to use it once for the house but would you consider that dirty power? I'm assuming your talkin about a smaller generator that doesnt have as much kick, this ones pretty big.

    Has anyone thought about a battery back up? I got one that is made for backing up a computer server and my thermostat runs through that... Its made to last like 3-4 hrs running a server at Max so I've been told it should last 3-4 days with the small output I have using just flexwatt. I've been lucky and havent had to use it but its there if I do.
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    Re: In case of emergency?

    Battery back ups might be a good idea. You could get a 360 minutes back up that would probably run for days or weeks on a flexwatt thermostat output.

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    Re: In case of emergency?

    Quote Originally Posted by rabernet View Post
    Thanks for sharing that Tim! I'm going to be using a dorm sized fridge as an incubator...
    Just curious, I am not breeding (yet anyway) but how would you turn a small fridge into an incubtor...maybe I have just not thought enough about it, but seems like this could be a task indeed....
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    Re: In case of emergency?

    I agree Tim, I always keep tubs with filled with rocks and water in my incubators for humidity and heat control/stability. Het packs may help but you would have to monitor temps to make sure.

    The battery pack sound interesting but how long could one last. My computer battery back up is like 15 minutes I think.

    Would love to learn more?

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