Cooler + Hovabator Incubator Option

[Jerhart]

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!'

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!








Thanks all!

[dsirkle]

Thats a good idea.

[Drew87]

Very cool, good idea

[Peter Williams]

Dude, thats awesome

[Jerhart]

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.

[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.

[2kdime]

Does it still utilize the original thermostat?

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

Neat idea!

[Jerhart]

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.

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

Does it still utilize the original thermostat?

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

Neat idea!

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...