Question about incubation temperature variations

[gcanibe]

Thank you very much for your help Dion.
The incubator air works well, is not left alone at the top if it flows well.
My problem is not low temperature the lowest temp is 88.5, the problem is that it's too hot here in the afternoons
The incubator works perfectly most of the night and all morning, stays at 88.5 F, but at 2pm to 6 pm aprox, the ambient was up to 100 F, but inside the incubator the highest is at 91.7

[spyderrobotics]

Ah. Got ya. Time for some window fans or room air conditioner?

-Dion

[Annarose15]

One last note: Looks like the flexwatt is mounted with aluminum tape. I know alot of people suggest aluminum tape but they probably wouldn't if they had seen some of the heat tape failures. The elements can burn through the plastic covering. Aluminum will conduct electricity and if that happens you could cause a short (fire hazard) or it could become live (shock hazard). If you use it just make sure it isn't applied over the elements.

Dion Brewington
Owner, Spyder Robotics

Aluminum tape is what I have seen in most examples, and how I have my incubator and racks configured. I've only been doing this about a year now, so I fortunately haven't had any issues with this setup. What would you recommend to put over the heat tape elements instead of aluminum tape?

[spyderrobotics]

Aluminum tape is what I have seen in most examples, and how I have my incubator and racks configured. I've only been doing this about a year now, so I fortunately haven't had any issues with this setup. What would you recommend to put over the heat tape elements instead of aluminum tape?

Heavy duty clear packing tape has been durable in all applications I have tried. Also along the side of heat tape is clear plastic with no wiring going throught it. You can screw/staple through that for mounting as well.