Vote for BP.Net for the 2013 Forum of the Year! Click here for more info.

» Site Navigation

» Home
 > FAQ

» Online Users: 633

0 members and 633 guests
No Members online
Most users ever online was 47,180, 07-16-2025 at 05:30 PM.

» Today's Birthdays

None

» Stats

Members: 75,905
Threads: 249,103
Posts: 2,572,096
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, Pattyhud
Results 1 to 10 of 13

Thread: New incubator

Threaded View

  1. #1
    Registered User
    Join Date
    04-12-2016
    Posts
    148
    Thanks
    11
    Thanked 250 Times in 94 Posts

    New incubator

    Last year, being my first year back in the ball python breeding game, I simply fired up one of the scientific incubators in my lab and incubated the eggs there. This year, that incubator was not holding a constant heat, fluctuating from 85 to 90. So, I decided enough was enough and I sourced an old Red Bull drinks cooler off of a Facebook group. Ordered some heat tape from Rich at Reptile Basics, and set about converting the cooler. I striped out the cooling system, the old fan, and then cleaned and sterilized it. Installed the tape, installed two fans (with blue LEDs as that is my daughters favorite color and she loves checking on the snakes), and added a few additional shelves, then fired it up. It is wired to a Vivarium Electronics VE200 set on pulse proportional heating, then backed up with a VE100. It holds temp beautifully and is thermally homogenous throughout the incubator. For under $200, I now have an incubator that can hold 12 Rubbermaid shoeboxes or 18 Iris shoeboxes. I am only running two of the heat tapes and the third is simply a backup if needed.

    Completed incubator



    As I got it.



    Warren
    Last edited by Warren_Booth; 09-04-2017 at 12:06 PM.

  2. The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Warren_Booth For This Useful Post:

    Albert Clark (09-09-2017),bcr229 (09-04-2017),Godzilla78 (09-09-2017),jmcrook (09-04-2017)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.1