GreggMadden
Not so new Member
So what we have found out thus far is that SIM containers in top heated bird incubators are not working well... The reason is the heating element needs to get much hotter than usual in order to un-naturally force the warm air down... Basically the heating element will have to be between 108 degrees f and 110 degrees f in order to heat the ambient air temp to 85 degrees f...
This uneven heating is causing the air in the chamber above the grid to be much hotter than the damp substrate... This keeps the humidity in the substrate and it does not release in the the chamber above...
We are working on a way to combat the situation because we want people to be able to use this product no matter what incubator they use... Even if they are using incubators designed to hatch bird eggs...
The fix is actually quite simple... You can fasten a thin damp sponge to the underside of the lid and this will inturn create the needed humidity in the egg chamber from the top...
Everyone needs to keep in mind here that the SIM is much different than traditional incubation methods...
This uneven heating is causing the air in the chamber above the grid to be much hotter than the damp substrate... This keeps the humidity in the substrate and it does not release in the the chamber above...
We are working on a way to combat the situation because we want people to be able to use this product no matter what incubator they use... Even if they are using incubators designed to hatch bird eggs...
The fix is actually quite simple... You can fasten a thin damp sponge to the underside of the lid and this will inturn create the needed humidity in the egg chamber from the top...
Everyone needs to keep in mind here that the SIM is much different than traditional incubation methods...