power outs and incubators

[bredli84]

could u also build a bit of thermal inertia into your incubator? eg covering the heat cord on the bottom in an eski type incubator with sterile gravel? this should help store some heat so that if the power is off for a couple of hours the incubator wont cool dowmn heaps?

from some of the stories i have heard, reptile eggs are not very sensitive to some temp shifts (as long as it dosn't get too hot) so i think the occasional short power outage wont be a big prob?

[Just_Joshin]

Originally Posted by bredli84

could u also build a bit of thermal inertia into your incubator? eg covering the heat cord on the bottom in an eski type incubator with sterile gravel? this should help store some heat so that if the power is off for a couple of hours the incubator wont cool dowmn heaps?

from some of the stories i have heard, reptile eggs are not very sensitive to some temp shifts (as long as it dosn't get too hot) so i think the occasional short power outage wont be a big prob?

Exactly.......as long as they don't sit as these low temps for hours and hours on end it should be fine.

Think about what happens to snake eggs over winter when mum hopes off to take a crap or go get a drink. She could be gone for awhile and out in the open during winter they will drop temperature VERY quickly.

[Recharge]

you may also want to consider a decent computer UPS (uninteruptable power supply)
they have bike batteries in them and depending or ratings can run an incubator for a day, possibly more without power. they output 240v.
(can be modified to use truck batteries if you're dedicated, will run for days that way)

you want to spend at leas $300 for something though, the higher the VA rating, the better (longer it will run unpowered)

[lauraschram]

thanks so much guys - allot of good suggestions. i will be looking onto it but they normally only lastfor 1 to 3 hours so sounds like its not too much of a problem.