waterbottles in incubator- for what?

[RichsBallPythons]

Either way, even if you put the probe in the middle of the incubator and you have a fan that produces a lot of heat, it will still be much hotter up top by the fan. I know the fan will push the heat around, but still warmer up top. Heat rises and you have heat being produced by another source other then your heat tape. Hell, I don't know what works and what doesn't, I just read somewhere about a couple breeders that experienced this. Is there a difference in heat generated by a fan between AC and DC?

WRONG. I have 4 80mm fans on top pushing the heat back down. Top of my incubator temp was IDENTICAL to the bottom. My probe was suspended in middle of the incubator not attached to the heat tape.

Picture shows Herpstat and accurite same temps top to bottom.



Also ALL fans generate heat. Whether its bearing or bushing they will generate heat. Take your temp gun to the center of your fans in computer and youll notice a 80-90F temp coming off them. Dont matter if its AC or DC