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I don't even know where to begin. Anyone ever done this before?

Cole Maas

I saw a post a while back about making one of these and emailed someone who said they built one, here is what they said and the picture they sent me (hope you dont mind me posting this pic Louis):

Subject: Re: Message from wlinville about RE: Incubators
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 10:28:37 -0400
From: Louis
To:

Miller Manufacturing Company
2600 Eagan woods Drive, Suite 460
Eagan, MN 55121
Phone (651) 365-3400
Fax (651) 406-9588

ask for the parts department and tell them you need 2 little giant heating
elements WITHOUT the solid state thermostat they will run about $10 apiece
then go to walmart and get 2 replacement 15ft cords and youll be set ALSO
ask for 3 sets of mounting clips for the heat elements

I am about to do my first one. It is a little larger, so I am going to use 3 of the heat elements, and an 80mm 12v computer fan to circulate the air. The eggs should be in enclosed boxes, so they wont dry out with the fan.

I wish I knew more. I will take picture when I do mine.

Ben

Try here.

http://www.arbreptiles.com/cages/incubator.shtml

It took me a while to find the standup freezer that i wanted (for $20)..so i would definetely start looking now if i were you.

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Charles Glaspie

Tanstaafl:
"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch".
An acronym created by my favorite author Robert A. Heinlein.

I have seen this page, and it looks really good, except I am not really sure I would use heat tape.

Ben

it was given to me because it was low on freeon and the pipes needed cleaning, which I assume won't matter. How do you regulate the temperature with those heat things?

Cole Maas

Or some similar product like a Big Apple thermostat.
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.

Zen proverb

Snowballs

extremely overpriced(100 dollars!) thermostat from the boaphile. Whether or not I can find it idk. I hate the probe sensor though, it's horrible at detecting air temps.

Cole Maas

I have had 100% hatch rate 2 years in a row with it if your fridge/freezer is not much bigger than that id say 14 cu ft
then 2 heaters is sufficient I have the HERPSTAT and I love it it has performed with the utmost accuracy
(89.5 alllllll daaaay looooong) and i will use it for the years coming,the heating elements are inexpensive,simple and super easy to wire if you have more questions email me at nyhellraiser@earthlink.net