Incubator temperature

[exoticballs]

So i have my incubator temp at 90 degrees but inside the box its at 95.6 how can i fix this problem? Last week everything was reading about the same now it has dropped. It use to be at 89

[Eric Alan]

How are you regulating the temperature? Is there anything (at all - empty tubs, full tubs, bottles of water, etc) inside your incubator currently?

[PitOnTheProwl]

What are you using as an incubator and how full is it?

[exoticballs]

I have 4 tubs they all have about 1 inch of vermiculite. I have about 3 rows of water bottles in a 3ft wine cooler

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[PitOnTheProwl]

Dont know how the tubs can be hotter.
The flexa watt is down the back of the cooler?

[Eric Alan]

When you say you have your incubator temp at 90 degrees, are you talking about having your thermostat for your incubator set at 90 degrees or are you talking about an actual thermometer reading inside your incubator?

[CD CONSTRICTORS]

Dont know how the tubs can be hotter.
The flexa watt is down the back of the cooler?

Towards the end of the season when my incubator has a bunch of clutches in it, I need to drop the t-stat from 89.5F to 88F to maintain 88F- 88.5F in the tubs. The temps always rise when you actually have some eggs in the tubs. At least this has been my experience the last 2 seasons.

Right now i am sitting at 89.5F on my T-stat and 87.5F in tubs loaded with vermiculite and water. I expect when I start adding eggs the temps will be just where I want them around 88F- 88.5F.

[PitOnTheProwl]

Towards the end of the season when my incubator has a bunch of clutches in it, I need to drop the t-stat from 89.5F to 88F to maintain 88F- 88.5F in the tubs. The temps always rise when you actually have some eggs in the tubs. At least this has been my experience the last 2 seasons.

Right now i am sitting at 89.5F on my T-stat and 87.5F in tubs loaded with vermiculite and water. I expect when I start adding eggs the temps will be just where I want them around 88F- 88.5F.

Yeah I have never had to adjust my stats on either of the bators I built.

[grcforce327]

All temps should be set with a high quality temp gun.....PERIOD!
Set temps via the gun...not the probe!

[CD CONSTRICTORS]

All temps should be set with a high quality temp gun.....PERIOD!
Set temps via the gun...not the probe!

Wrong....

Temps guns are a very poor indicator due to their fixed emissivity errors. Even the highest quality $500 Exergen temp guns will not give accurate readings on all surfaces due to a fixed emissivity setting. Not all surfaces are created equal.