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    Re: Mini Fridge Incubator

    Quote Originally Posted by snakesRkewl View Post
    Hydrofarms and Johnsons controls a419 are both on/off thermostats and shouldn't be used for incubators IMO and from my experience

    My 4 cubic foot mini fridge took 2 feet of flexwatt running along the back and heated it perfectly.
    While I got a mini-fridge with the coolant removed already it's probably easier to leave the guts intact and just drill holes where you want the wires to run into the inc. that way you're not releasing it into the air.
    I found that a fan is only needed if your using more than one shelf.
    The thermostat probe can either hang in the middle of the inc or taped against the flexwatt, I had mine tucked in behind the flexwatt and taped so it couldn't move. That way the ambient air rushing in couldn't sway the t-stat very much.
    The only readings your really concerned with is the temperature inside of the tub which you read with your probed thermometer.

    Are you refering to the tub in which has the clutch inside? Wouldn't I just go and get a thermometer and hydrometer with probes and stick those and the tub that the eggs are in?

    The only reason I say this, is becsause I have never really seen a lot of video or pictures with probes inside the clutch box.
    Last edited by CINCYBall; 01-17-2011 at 05:40 PM.
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