Cooler + Hovabator Incubator Option

Well I have a female who is going to throw me a clutch within the next couple of weeks for me (fingers crossed), so I decided to get the incubator out, dust it off, and get it calibrated...then I thought...'Hey Josh, you should take pics and post them and share your method with all your BP buddies!' :P

So here are some pics. It is another cooler incubator but utilizes the heating element from a hovabator rather than heat tape.

Pic of Hovabator:
http://www.bigappleherp.com/core/med...ff4bc3bd42bdf7

I had a hovabator laying around that I use to incubate Leo eggs in back in the day. Well, if you are familiar with hovabators, you know that you can't get many python clutches in them. Sooooooooo...I bought a cheapo cooler, took the heating element out of the hovabator, made some minor modifications to the lid of the cooler and now I have a bigger incubator which allows me to incubate multiple clutches. I have used it for the past 2 years and have not lost a single clutch. Let me know if you have any questions! :salute:
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Thanks all! :)

Thats a good idea.

Very cool, good idea

Dude, thats awesome

Thanks all. It takes maybe 10 minutes to build and as I said is really efficient. Next season I am going to remove the heating element from the cooler and put it in a small fridge. I will update ya on how that does. :)

Have you thought about adding a fan to it? I've got a few extra hovabators laying around I might take a look at them for this purpose.

Does it still utilize the original thermostat?

I THOUGHT I read somewhere the original stat wasn't the greatest...

Neat idea!

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Originally Posted by southb

Have you thought about adding a fan to it? I've got a few extra hovabators laying around I might take a look at them for this purpose.

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The Hovabator I used, had a fan built into it. The fan would kick on when the heating element would be on.

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Originally Posted by 2kdime

Does it still utilize the original thermostat?

I THOUGHT I read somewhere the original stat wasn't the greatest...

Neat idea!

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Ya I use the original thermostat just to calibrate the temperature. I just adjust the dial warmer/cooler until the thermometer reads what I want...