how to back up incubator thermostat?

[jesst]

So last season I lost three of my best clutches to a power outage and thermostat malfunction. This season I am going to back up my thermostat with either a dimmer or another thermostat but was wondering how to set it up. I use a nature spirit incubator if that makes a difference.

[Mada]

plug your thermostat into the back up's power plug set the back up's probe near your current's probe set the back up to power off at a few degrees higher then the current thermostat. but most people will tell you that having an incubator with out a battery back up or a generator will end in heartache over and over.

[Darkbird]

One good clutch could pay for a small backup generator and a spare thermostat. That's what I keep around. The incubator should hold temps for a while if your not at home when the power dies.

[jesst]

The incubator held temps well. It was my thermostat that reset and caused the temps to go over 100. i use a ve-200 for my incubator and that was the first time I have ever had a problem with it

[Darkbird]

Did the stat fry or just go goofy when the power came back? Never had an issue with my herpstats, but all bets are off if the device takes a surge. A decent surge protector might be a good investment too.

[Kokorobosoi]

Just a thought... but IMO, all reptile equipment should be on a surge protector. Just in case.
Ive had a surge wipe out lights before.

Granted, it was when the box on the pole outside blew up/caught on fire. So it was special circumstances, but my eyes were opened to the possibility. I was lucky that the glass didnt make it into my enclosure.

[CD CONSTRICTORS]

Very few generators provide a smooth enough sine wave for a proportional t-stat like a Herpstat. Honda makes about the only generator with a smooth power invertor that will do the job, unless you want to install a $5000 automatic backup system for your entire shop.

[jesst]

Did the stat fry or just go goofy when the power came back? Never had an issue with my herpstats, but all bets are off if the device takes a surge. A decent surge protector might be a good investment too.

the thermostat, once reset works fine. it just went a little crazy and killed all of my eggs.

[jesst]

Very few generators provide a smooth enough sine wave for a proportional t-stat like a Herpstat. Honda makes about the only generator with a smooth power invertor that will do the job, unless you want to install a $5000 automatic backup system for your entire shop.

we rent our home so installing an outdoor generator is not an option. i was looking at portable indoor generators that do not need to be installed. there is a duracell powersource 1800 that i was looking at. it holds a 10 hours charge unlike the battery backup packs that only last an hour...if that

[Darkbird]

Very few generators provide a smooth enough sine wave for a proportional t-stat like a Herpstat. Honda makes about the only generator with a smooth power invertor that will do the job, unless you want to install a $5000 automatic backup system for your entire shop.

Not trying to start an argument here, but there are a lot more options than just Honda, unless a herpstat is even more sensitive than a computer power supply. I'm aware of the issues with trying to use non inverter type generators with the herpstats, but I thought any generator capable of producing clean enough power for a computer would be OK with a herpstat.Back to the OPs issue, never heard of that happening before, and I wouldn't use that stat on eggs again. I don't own any of the VE stats, but I have most other brands, and they all just go back to the set temps after a power failure. Not sure of the best solution hers, outside of using two stats in-line.