I'm very sorry to hear this, Gail. Did you produce any pieds and what was the pairing? I will be building my own incubator and would hate to have what happened to you happen to me, so would you mind if I ask what you how you built your incubator? I am thinking of doing the strip of heat tape down the sides and across the bottom of a cooler with some water bottles laid in the bottom and I will be using a solid thermostat with it to control the temps.