Mr. Letkey!!!?????!!!!!

[BalloonzForU]

Jeremy, could you please post some pics of your awesome incubators that you have made??? :main_yes:


Thank you!!! :main_thumbsup:

 

[Jeremy Letkey]

Well, thanks for the compliments.
Here are a few from over the years. lol

This is the first one I ever built. In the bottom half there are two water cooler jugs. I cut the tops off and filled them with water then added a fish tank heater to each one. I covered the top of the jug with plastic wrap to keep in the condensation. This worked well. I still have the unit in my garage but I haven't used it in a few years. lol

I converted this reach in cooler to my female incubator. I don't think I have even come close to filling it. lol
I removed all of the cooling componets. I then added two heat mats. One on the bottom and one on taped to the ceiling. There is a fan that circulates the air. This is the most stable incubator I have. Temp flux is less than 1/2 a degree throughout the whole unit. I have added a bunch more shelves and this unit is still in use. I may let it go one day as it is huge and takes up a lot of room.

I built this little one for a male incubator. As you can see it was a simple cooler. I added a 1 foot peice of heat tape on the bottom. I made a shelf by laying down some water bottles filled partially with sand. I set a piece of peg board in on them for a shelf. The bottles helped to retain the heat (acted as a heat sink). A small cpu fan mounted at the top to circulate the air. I cut a viewing window in to be able to check for hatchlings without letting out any heat. It worked pretty well but was soon too small. It currently resides inside my first inc in the garage. lol

These last two are built almost identically. There are converted mini fridges. I gutted the cooling components. Then added some heat tape to the bottom. Cut in the viewing window. Added a light with an external switch. Installed a cpu fan to circulate the air and viola'.

I am still using the black and silver one for males. I sold the white one a few months ago.

 

[RaiQuee]

I love your incubators Jeremy!

 

[eyelids]

Very nice Jeremy! You're in the carpentry biz right? My brother does tile for KLM, but I think KLM is no more...

 

[John N]

Hey Jeremy, how do you get the cpu fans to work like that? Some surt of converter I'm guessing?

BTW awesome incubators man.

 

[Grinning Geckos]

Hmmmmmm.....me thinks I need to put a bug in Jeremy's ear about helpin me build an incubator!

 

[Jeremy Letkey]

Thanks everyone.

John, I use an ac model fan. No converter is needed.

 

[Marc118]

Hey Jeremy, how do you get the cpu fans to work like that? Some surt of converter I'm guessing?

BTW awesome incubators man.

12v wall wart will do the trick.