Hello all,


Ive just set up a new incubator made from a wine cooler. Im using 3 ft of 11" flexwatt tape, taped to the back... I have it all hooked up to a Helix. I have the probe hanging in the middle of the incubator. There are no water bottles or computer fan. (I ordered a computer fan from ebay, Im just waiting for it to arrive).

At first my incubator was running fine. The temp was preset to 88 with very little fluctuation. Today its 103 (about a week later from when I first started it). I have turned it off, let it cool down, then turned it back on and it still goes to 103.the indicator on the front shows that there is no power to the flex watt tape, but the flex watt is hot. There is also no other heat source going into this incubator (ex. lights, fan, etc). I'm wondering if maybe: A) my new helix is defective, or B) 3ft of flex watt is to much.

Btw. The wine cooler is magic chef 50 bottle with a air tight seal, freon and mechanics removed, and is about 18x18x36 (give or take)

P.S. Im not expecting eggs anytime soon, I just want to this up and running without too much fluctuation.

Thanks
Alan