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    Those That Use Freezer/Cooler Incubators

    For those that use these that have their bators up and running, just wanted to see everyone's temp difference from top to bottom.


    Herpstat set 88.4- probe bottom shelf

    Accurite reads top shelf temp and room temp
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    Re: Those That Use Freezer/Cooler Incubators

    That seems like a big difference... Do you have a fan in your fridge?
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    Re: Those That Use Freezer/Cooler Incubators

    88.5-89.6 is only 1.1F difference

    the 81F you see is Room temp not the incubator

    But Bator will even out to 88.4 botom-88.7top if not opened at all for a full day

    Heres the bator after running 15 hrs,

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    Re: Those That Use Freezer/Cooler Incubators

    That could probably be due to just differences in sensitivity between the 2 devices

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    Re: Those That Use Freezer/Cooler Incubators

    Quote Originally Posted by lamina1982 View Post
    That could probably be due to just differences in sensitivity between the 2 devices
    No thier dead on as i use a IR temp gun to make sure the Accurite was working before using it.

    Temps are .1-.2 difference form the herpstat and accurite. They were at one time today the same temp of 88.5
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    Re: Those That Use Freezer/Cooler Incubators

    I have 5 of those thermometers, each one reads different. I tossed all mine and bought a temp gun.

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    Re: Those That Use Freezer/Cooler Incubators

    Yeah, my accurites were wildly innacurate from one to the next. I noticed it when there would be over 7 degree differences in the room temp from on thermometer to the next. I ended up getting a temp gun.

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    Re: Those That Use Freezer/Cooler Incubators

    Quote Originally Posted by Blue Apple Herps View Post
    Yeah, my accurites were wildly innacurate from one to the next. I noticed it when there would be over 7 degree differences in the room temp from on thermometer to the next. I ended up getting a temp gun.
    I use them as a ballpark measurement, but never had a problem. I measured all their probes with the Raytek and are dead on so i guess i got good ones.

    But i dont rely on them for main temp monitoring since i have the temp gun. Would never trust them over a temp gun or thermostat. But for their price the do a great job

    in picture you can see 88.4-88.7 which is dead on measurements.

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    Re: Those That Use Freezer/Cooler Incubators

    I'm using a commercial refrigerator with two triple-pane glass doors that I managed to salvage for free from a restaurant that went out of business. I actually kept the fans it came with for circulation (stripped everything else out and sold as scrap metal), and temps were pretty consistent from top to bottom last year. Once I get it up and running this year I'll post on here what it's reading. I also use a temp gun to monitor my temperatures over one of those digital thermometers.

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    Re: Those That Use Freezer/Cooler Incubators

    well i just turned it on Sunday as march 12th is D day for eggs.

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