Using a hovabator with a thermostat?

Last year I used a hovabator to hatch out eggs with very little problems. My son and I only have a few clutches to deal with this year and last year (hopefully more for years to come). Anyway at the very least I will need to replace the waffle in it this year (so I have heard), but I have also heard that a hovabator can be operated on a thermostat. How? and what do I need to do toe convert it from the norm?

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Originally Posted by Starsnake

Last year I used a hovabator to hatch out eggs with very little problems. My son and I only have a few clutches to deal with this year and last year (hopefully more for years to come). Anyway at the very least I will need to replace the waffle in it this year (so I have heard), but I have also heard that a hovabator can be operated on a thermostat. How? and what do I need to do toe convert it from the norm?

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Why do you need to replace it? If its still able to hold the temp at the correct setting its still working.

Just heard the waffle should be replaced every year. Is that not true?

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Originally Posted by Starsnake

Just heard the waffle should be replaced every year. Is that not true?

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When i used them i never replaced anything.So if its still able to hold the heat at the proper setting your good to go :gj:.

Going back more than a few years, I used them and never replaced anything.
But do what you feel comfortable with.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

Waffle? You mean the wafer thermostat? That should be replaced yearly, yes, if you use it. I personally wouldn't use a wafer thermostat for something as touchy as ball python eggs. Just hook it up to a herpstat or helix instead.

iIf worry( or don't trust the waffle tstat) just set it pot stay on . and plug the entire unit into a thermostat and set it to your desired setting and just run the probe into the container.. this way it kicks on and off at your programmed tstat setting and no guessing with the waffle . I am goingo t do this when I can finally feel eggs in my Bp het pied. I will set this up as so and use one of the smaller tstats for it to controll the temp .

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

Waffle? You mean the wafer thermostat? That should be replaced yearly, yes, if you use it. I personally wouldn't use a wafer thermostat for something as touchy as ball python eggs. Just hook it up to a herpstat or helix instead.

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Have you ever used a hovabator? I used them and hatched out ball python eggs and corn snake eggs.I NEVER had one problem and NEVER replaced the wafer.

I used an hovabator for a couple of years to hatch gecko and tortoise eggs, unfortunally it suddendly had a problem with the waffer thermostat and cooked 10 sulcata eggs. Personally I do not trust those incubators.
Replacing the waffer thermostat on a yearly basis is for precaution porpouses and of course it is not necesary mean that if you do no do this, your incubator is going to fail.

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Originally Posted by nahual

I used an hovabator for a couple of years to hatch gecko and tortoise eggs, unfortunally it suddendly had a problem with the waffer thermostat and cooked 10 sulcata eggs. Personally I do not trust those incubators.
Replacing the waffer thermostat on a yearly basis is for precaution porpouses and of course it is not necesary mean that if you do no do this, your incubator is going to fail.

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Are you sure it was the hovabators fault?

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Are you sure it was the hovabators fault?

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Well, the bator worked fine for 65 days, the temp was stable at 86 - 87, then it suddenly went to 110. It could be my fault, but no human error was evident that time.

No, it was the wafer thermostat which was faulty, not the Hovabator. These wafer thermostats are recommended BY THE MANUFACTURER to be replaced yearly. Keep that in mind. Push its limits at the peril of your eggs.

I have used a Hovabator with the wafer thermostat to incubate bally python eggs. It worked perfectly well, but I had to fiddle with the thermostat almost constantly to keep the temperatures stable as room temperatures fluctuated. As a result, I cannot recommend it.
The Hovabator with a good proportional thermostat hooked up to it has proven to be incredibly stable and extremely reliable.