Finished Incubator help with fan/prob?

[Kylegep]

I am pretty much done with my incubator and just as the title says I need help on where to put my prob and 2 fans. Here are some pictures, I had a friend cut a one inch line down the side so I could run 1 strip of flex watt.



Here is one side


and the other


This is the 1 inch strip that was cut

[Kylegep]

Any help here please!?

[Raverthug]

I would do opposits if your going with 2 per compartment (IE top right bottom left). You would need something like a herpastat II tho. If your going to run 1 thermastat and keep the wall I would drill some holes and mount the fans over that to move the air from one side to the other.

[Kylegep]

The third picture is where the 1 inch wide gap is for the heat tape. So there is a pretty big space that opens the 2 compartments. I was thinking if putting one fan on one side blowing down and doing the same on the other side.

[jsmorphs2]

I would do like Raverthug said, cut two holes in the center and mount the two fans over them blowing opposite directions.

Sorry for the silly diagram. Best I could do with Paint.



The more air that can get between the two sides the better.

[Kylegep]

Ok, do you think I will ok with one probe?

[jsmorphs2]

Ok, do you think I will ok with one probe?

Should be fine as long as there is good air transfer between the two sides. I'd keep a permanent thermometer on the opposite side that you have the probe on to be able to check the temps easily.

[Raverthug]

Like jsmorphs said. I would put a thermometer on each side to watch. I love the pic but would do the bottom one a bit lower. If your worried about blowing out any insulation go to a local plumber and see if thy have any scraps of 4 inch schedule 40 or DWV pipe. They should give ya a peice if they have it. If not its cheap to find a small peice at home depot or lowes ect. Since you ar running 1 chunk of flex watt and treating it like 1 big space instead of 2 smaller ones you should be good with 1 thermostat.

[Kylegep]

Ok, and where should I put the probe? On the side of the wall?

[jsmorphs2]

I'd put it in a middle egg box. Just label it so you don't forget and pull the probe out with the box.