Bimetal-thermostats have a tendency to burn through at a certain age. It may
take a few years, ten years or more, but eventually, the two pieces of metal
will be molten into eachother and it doesn't work anymorelike it should.
Just to be on the safe side, use two thermostats. the second reacting to
heath a grade or two over the first. (Thanks to Ron Kivit NL for this tip..
and old one, but still relevant)
Peter Mudde
Hoofdredactie 'onder het Palmblad'
see : www.palmblad.com
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Van: Beverly Erlebacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Datum: vrijdag 23 maart 2001 21:52
Onderwerp: Re: [Gecko] incubators
>> From: "Wauters Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:24:00 -0500
>>
>> I am planning to build an incubator within a styrofoam box where they
>> transport tropical fish in.
>>
>> I want to heat this with 4 very low wattage light bulbs (like
refrigerator
>> bulbs), controlled by a thermostat.
>
>An easier way to heat a home made incubator is to use a submersible
>aquarium heater. These have a built in thermostat. Get a low wattage
>one, e.g. 25 or 50 watts, and put it in a covered plastic box with a
>volume of at least a few liters in the incubator. Fill the box with
>water. This will give very even heating, but it may take a couple of
>days to get it equilibrated to just the right temperature. The air
>temp in the incubator will be a few degrees cooler than the water
>temperature.
>
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