I got a big fridge(incubator)

I finally made my decision and went with a fridge as an incubator. All I have to do now is order 3 to 4 ft of 11 inch flexwatt and a thermostat and I'm rollin.:carrot: Oh yeah and the little fan too. If anybody has any suggestions or pic's of their own conversion I'd appreciate a look.

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Originally Posted by Emilio

I finally made my decision and went with a fridge as an incubator. All I have to do now is order 3 to 4 ft of 11 inch flexwatt and a thermostat and I'm rollin.:carrot: Oh yeah and the little fan too. If anybody has any suggestions or pic's of their own conversion I'd appreciate a look.

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I am jealous..I have been looking for a broken pop cooler for months to do just the same thing. :carrot:

Post pictures once you get it done

Yep, that's what we did. I pitched the idea to my husband and we decided that we'd keep our eye open for a used one. The fridge at hubby's work quit running and they were going to throw it away. So, he brought it home and 1 day later we have our incubator. I couldn't tell you what all he did to it but I have some pics! LOL! I know he wired the freezer portion to be a working outlet. It holds the thermostat and stuff. Good luck with yours!
The Freezer part:
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...inici/2inc.jpg

The inside of the incubator (ignore the cord hanging down! LOL!):
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...inici/1inc.jpg

Seeing these pics really makes me want to go out and finish mine.

Great pic's thank for posting them.

I just finished my wine cooler incubator last night. It has 4 shelves to hold up to 8 clutches. I drilled a hole through the back for the probe and power cord, and wired 3' of 11" flexwatt that runs off a Helix proportional thermostat. It came with a built in fan, and I'm going to hardwire a 2nd small cpu fan into the one it came with. It also has a tempered glass locking door and an LED to view the contents. I'm going to add water bottles full of vegetable oil above the heat tape to hold stable temps, but I ran it all last night and it held at ±0.1°of the set temp (88.9°). I'll get some pictures once everything is finished. It looks nice enough to keep anywhere in the house.

I like the idea of being able to see and set the temp without opening the door all the time very nice. Give me ideas!

Remember to remove the freon. :D

Here is my set up. We removed the fan it came with because it cooled it down too much. Now it has a computer fan that blows down(24/7) in front of the heat strip and is controled by a herpstat pro. It works perfect. Have a coke and a smile.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...eIncubator.jpg

Here's a site I have saved in my favs list. Hope it's helpful. http://www.arbreptiles.com/cages/incubator.shtml