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is anyone else alittle frustrated w/ their hovabators? i cant keep a constant temperature and the knob on the top that u turn to regulate temperature doesnt give u any means of accurately dtermining the temp u want. also, the temp inside the incubator is often way higher than the temp of the actual eggs. while the thermometer in the hova reads 90, the eggs r only at 85 or 86 according to my temp gun. sorry for the rant, its just very frustrating
 
A digital thermometer is better than the one that comes with the hovabator, another thing to think about is the room temp, if your room temp is 80 and you set the hovabator at 90 then the room temp drops to 75 the incubator drops to 85. Also the other way, if the room temp goes higher the temp in the incubator goes higher.

A propertional thermostat would be a good investment to keep accurate temps in the hovabator espceially where room temps change a little.
 
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That's why I keep my hovabators in the basement. The temperature is much more stable down there (and it's easier to keep the humidity up). I still don't know how you southerners live without basements...
 
What the heck is a Basement???

you guys always try to figure a way to get the temps up and i am always trying to go the other way LOL!!!! It was 113 here today, thank God for Central air :hot:
 
I agree it was a 101 here today! The central air as been running nostop just to keep the house at 78. LOL
 
Couldn't have explained it better, Wendy. Avi, that's probably what your problem is. The hovabator will only keep a stable temperature in relation to the ambient air temperature. If your house isn't at a stable temperature, the eggs won't be either. Believe it or not, I actually have an easier time keeping a stable temperature in winter than in summer simply because in winter my heater regulates the house a lot better than the AC in summer.

If you're looking for a more stable temperature, there are several home made, relatively cheap options. A thermostat is one. Another is getting an aquarium heater. I recently had to transport eggs from Montana to NY by car - a trip over 1800 miles. My hovabator was way too big to fit in my car (I was moving ALL my stuff) so I was incubator less. So, what I did was I bought a 25 watt aquarium heater, a sealed water bottle, a soft frame cooler, and a car AC/DC adapter. The makeshift incubator worked wonderfully and I didn't lose a single egg, even with a 3 day drive in a car with variable temperatures!
 
I agree with everything that has been posted, but I would also like to add that the wafer-type controller that is used in the hovabator is really not very sophisticated. It turns on and off depending on the setting, but it will oscillate (overshoot and undershoot) it's temperature until it is stable. Opening and closing the lid can cause the temps to become very unstable, so when setting up your hovabator, it is important to make only small changes in the setting and let it sit with the lid on for 24 hours before making another temperature change to get it 'dialed in'..
 
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