Hey there ladies and gents!
Finally finished my DIY incubator projectHere's the promised DIY thread with lots of pics. I'll be happy to help anyone that needs any questions answered. I think it turned out rather well. I have about a degree of variance from top to bottom. I might install a second fan up top but I am waiting for the temps to stabilize since I just added the water jugs.
And then there were two. One worked so I sold it and actually made some profit assembling my incubator!
Dropped the cover to expose the nasty wiring mess.
Removing the condenser and fan unit (Recycle!)
Pulling the drain tube/wire/coolant line channel cover
Removing the compressor (make sure the refrigerant has been recovered)
Retaining the stock junction box and spare outlet to power the inverter
Cleaning up the wiring so stock lighting functionality can be retained
Removing the vinyl beverage wrap too forever! (Hint: Use a heat gun!)
Soldering the 11" Flexwatt
Always use electric tape on the connections
A 3' piece of 11" Flexwatt on each side
Wires running through grommets from the junction box to the interior of the incubator
Silicon on all the interior edges
Hardware for the fan mounting
200mm Rifle Bearing computer fan (Large size, low noise, low rpm, high cfm)
Rewired inverter to power the rheostat and fans
Rheostat powered up
Rheostat controls fan speed as well as allows on/off of each fan
The rheostat and fans
Installing the lower fan
Fan mounted
Stealth mounted in the stock cooler grill to allow external adjustment
Top wiring cleaned up and mounted
Top fan and cleaned up wiring
Cleaned up wiring running into the channel
All finished except one thing
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Vinyl is being cut for a new piece of plexiglass for the lighted sign on top. The black will block light and the blue will shine through the Breaking Balls logo. Coca-Cola font
Hope you enjoyed! Please feel free to message or ask questions on the thread if you need anything.
Regards,
B
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