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Hey Everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has used a rancos thermostat for there incubators? I am using a spare one that i had around to incubate my leo eggs in a hava bator. I notice the temps do fluctuate a little. Will this be a problem? Thanks johnny
 
It might be a problem, it depends on how much they're fluctating and how often. I saw a suggestion earlier about putting a big bottle of water in the incubator to stabilize the temperature. I thought this was a really good idea. Ranco's are on / off type thermostats, when the temp gets to hot, they shut off the power until the temp drops back bellow the threshold and then they turn it back on. Some fluctuation in temps is almost unavoidable with these. Proportional thermostats are generally preferred for incubators, they make constant incremental adjustments to keep the temps stable. That said, I hooked my hovabator up to a proportional thermostat and it still fluctuates; the hovabator in question is about five years old so it could be a problem with the wafer.

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