killimike
Well-Known Member
I just set up a standard hovabator for my gecko eggs, hooked up to a pulse proportional thermostat, with a thermometer to measure the temp.
The thing is completely unusable, the element gets so hot that the temperature overshoots by an enormous margin. The thermostat is set at 28, but after it clicks off, the temp in the incubator just keeps rising. It got to 37 the first time and hadn't stopped, so I opened it up and let it get down to just above 28, and put it back together. When it hit 31 degrees the next time, I shut it off.
Maybe I just got a faulty one, but I'm not sure how, since the problem seems to be heat production in the element, not regulation of any kind.
The thing is completely unusable, the element gets so hot that the temperature overshoots by an enormous margin. The thermostat is set at 28, but after it clicks off, the temp in the incubator just keeps rising. It got to 37 the first time and hadn't stopped, so I opened it up and let it get down to just above 28, and put it back together. When it hit 31 degrees the next time, I shut it off.
Maybe I just got a faulty one, but I'm not sure how, since the problem seems to be heat production in the element, not regulation of any kind.