The Poultry Keeper

voodooslippers · Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 26 Location: Oxford

Hi everyone, I know DIY incubators have been covered before, however, I was wondering if anyone's made an incubator using a fishtank heater?

i have a fishtank filament heater, and it overheats in air and the glass cracked. Still, I was wondering if anyone's managed to make one and has any tips? I'm not experienced at DIY so detailed instructions would be helpful.

Thanks

SCOTT1965 · Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 19 Location: Ayrshire

i have an ebook on how to build your own incubator
if you send me a pm with an email address i will forward it to you

mojo · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject:

dont use a fish tank heater they short out in dry air and can be lethal............literally...........buy a bulb please for safetys sake

Barny_Velder · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 164 Location: North Wales Coast

Agreed^ the costly part is usually the heat regulator/thermostat. To generate heat all you need is a bulb.

voodooslippers · Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 26 Location: Oxford

Thanks for all the help, I'm going to try and get a thermostat from the diy shop in that case. I was hoping the fishtank heater would be ok as it's already thermostat controlled, but I guess not. Cheers.

zander · Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 1

You should try getting a cheap thermostat kit from maplin or I think you can get an assembled on here DIY Incubator thermostat

voodooslippers · Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 26 Location: Oxford

Thank you, that's a fantastic website. Now I need to borrow my friend's soldering iron, and I'm all set. Thanks.

newby · Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Posts: 107 Location: Dordogne

Brilliant site, the instructions are excellent, but I understood that there should be a fan in the incubator???

mojo · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject:

two type s...still air(no fan)........moving air(small fan)..............some folks prefer one to the other after using both i prefer fan but it is a personal thing