How's my incubator look?

Looks awsome. You may have overdone it with the Flexwatt ;) LOL. But as long as you get that Herpstat, your laughin! Nice job.

I built one out of a cooler last year. I agree that the small space wont require any fans. Water bottles help hold temps just in case something happens (power outage, blown fuse). But as long as that bad boy is sealed up tight, should work great!


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CRAM THAT TUB AND 'BATE THOSE EGGS HARD!!!

As I said before, I think it looks good. I could see the sense in having all the tape on the floor and water bottles on top... Buuuut I'm still a newb too lol. Hopefully someone really experienced will comment!

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Hopefully someone really experienced will comment!

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Hope so

Looks great! I just did a video on a diy cooler , I am a huge fan of the diy style :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNZAa_bYOiY

Just keep a eye out for the flexwatt on the sides, you don't want them to close to the tub. I would get everything ready as if you were ready to go and check the air temp along with the temps inside the tub. You might not even need the tape on the sides.

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I would put the flex watt at the bottom and not the sides. Also get some water bottles to lay on the bottom then the grate on top of that this well help minimize any hot spots in the tape. I like the small SAMs water bottles you can get from Walmart. No need for fan since it so small. Overall looks good.

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Yea i have one strip on the bottom and one on each side. Im not sure just one strip on the bottom would be enough. I plan on ordering the herpstat and thermometer on thursday so once i get them ill be doing a trial run with everything. I was also thinking about putting the water bottles under the grate like that too. I'll try that too during my trials and see how it works out.

Thanks for all the feedback, guys!

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Yea i have one strip on the bottom and one on each side. Im not sure just one strip on the bottom would be enough. I plan on ordering the herpstat and thermometer on thursday so once i get them ill be doing a trial run with everything. I was also thinking about putting the water bottles under the grate like that too. I'll try that too during my trials and see how it works out.

Thanks for all the feedback, guys!

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I have the same concept with a 150qt igloo cooler and it works great. Good luck and let us know how the testing goes.

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Im cramming that bator with eggs. CRAMMING!

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YUSSSS MY MINION!!! CRAMMED EGGS!!! :rage:

I have just shy of 2ft of 11" Flexwatt in my wine cooler 'bator- also running on a Herpstat. The Herpstat is generally running ~20% power to maintain 88.5F. It's probably just a bit larger than your setup and has one 120mm fan.

My site has pics and a build plan for one under the "Projects" page.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h.../Incubator.jpg

This is random, but I have the same shoes as the ones in your picture:banana: