Flexwatt

[BPMIKE]

converting a refrigerator into an incubator.It is 29"tall 17"wide and 15" deep could someone tell me how much flexwatt I will need.Also where do you get the fans to put into the incubator and what power source do you use for the fan?
Thanks!Mike.

[roosterman2173]

I used two foot in mine and I used a computer fan. I wired the fan to an old power supply from a cordless that had a 12 volt output. It has worked fine for me

[mrshawt]

Yes, with computer fans you just need an 12 volt cord from pretty much any electronic device if it has a tranformer. Just cut the end going to the electronic, and splice the positive and negative wires to the fan's. Simple and cheap as most people have both around their house.

[BPMIKE]

Yes, with computer fans you just need an 12 volt cord from pretty much any electronic device if it has a tranformer. Just cut the end going to the electronic, and splice the positive and negative wires to the fan's. Simple and cheap as most people have both around their house.

Sorry im kind of slow.could you give ma an example?How do you keep your power source charged.Are you talking about a battary from a cordless?
Thaqnks.Mike

[mrshawt]

Here is a picture of a similar setup I use to cool my external harddrive. I took the plug from some old electronic. 12V is ideal, but mine is running off 13.8V (you'll find the voltage on a sticker on the transformer under output). Just don't get too ridiculous. Splice that cord to expose the pos and neg wires (the pos usually has some kind of white stripe if it is a black cord, the neg is blank). Then cut the pin connector off the end of the fan. Most of the time you'll find two wires (red pos and black/blue neg), but sometimes there is a third. All you need are the neg/pos. So, splice the pos wires together and the neg wires together of however many fans you are using, then attach those to the pos/neg parts of the wire. I would suggest soldering it if you can for the best connection. But electrical tape works too.