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06-16-2011, 05:30 PM
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If you're in an area with bad power (low/high voltage) and/or lose power frequntly, look into a UPS/battery backup. They are primarily for computers, but will work with anything that plugs into them and that doesn't exceed the voltage/wattage. They generally start at $50ish and go up, but might be worth the investment.
Staples UPS
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06-16-2011, 08:01 PM
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Match Not Found. We're sorry, there were no matches for "ups" on our site.
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06-16-2011, 08:25 PM
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06-16-2011, 09:08 PM
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06-24-2011, 01:50 PM
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Could the problem be that these newer incubators are using proportional thermostats? Proportional might be fine for the heat source, but what about the fans. Motors don't tend to like changes in power and I would think this could cause problems over time.
The incubator we have is a DIY made from a wine cooler. It has worked extremely well. We used two Johnson Control thermostats, one to control the incubator and the other as a back up in case the first does something crazy or quits. Johnsons are on/off not proportional. Our collection has increased such that we need more incubators or a larger one. A couple of the new ones I've seen on the forum here suggest plugging them into a Herpstat or I suppose you could use a Helix both of which are proportional. I'm a little leary of using a proportional thermostat on an incubator if it has fans for the above reasons.
Clay, you made mention that proportional thermostats aren't good for incubators. Is this why or are there other reasons as well.
The heat source on our incubator is a little different. We use the thermoelectric unit to heat instead of cool by switching the polarity. People said it wouldn't work but it works extremely well. I don't think it would work too well on a larger unit, but I'm not sure.
I don't really want to get into a discussion of that in this thread. I'm just concerned about thermostats at this point.
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08-20-2011, 02:55 PM
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I have my incubators plugged into a good proportional thermostat (the primary one). I then plug the primary thermostat into a secondary thermostat with a simple on/off function and set that a few degrees higher than the primary. Never had a problem, and fortunately I don't live in area with a lot of power surges or outages I don't think.
I use a secondary on/off thermostat for my space heater as well. Just make sure it can handle the wattage.
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