Hi herpers
Here are my efforts after abit of google, youtube, some bad past experience, some great past experience, an old bar fridge, a trip to bunnings, and plenty of beers.
Firstly i gutted the fridge of all hardware internal and external (compressor, condenser, evaporator) to free up space and weight. The hole left from the pipework going into the fridge was utilised for the electrics and air pipe (later explained). I also attached 4 x caster wheels onto the back so i could then lay it down and move it around easily.
(this is the orientation from now on for description of top (door) and bottom (back wall of fridge)).
Next i constructed a square frame out of pvc piping and elbows that fitted into the bottom and i fed the heat cord in through the pipework hole and wrapped it around the frame to cover the floor in an even manner. On top of this i placed cheap oven trays to support 3 x foil trays to hold water as a thermal mass.
Next I added a pvc air tube through the pipework hole and into one of the water trays with an aquarium air stone on the end and an air pump externally. I thought that this was I neat idea that introduces fresh air into the incubator (no more need for waving fresh air every few days) and also atomises the water in that tray to lift the humidity that little bit extra.
Above the water trays are 2 bars that suspend 2 computer fans mounted diagonally to circulate the air. The bars also hold the next layer of oven trays that hold the egg containers. The oven trays are a temporary measure until I can find a suitable mesh grid that will be solid and fine enough to not allow any new baby snakes from falling down to the water containers.
Lastly i put a perspex lid on it all that sits just under the closed door with a tight seal. This serves as a veiwing window when the door is opened and will not expose the incubator to any undue heat loss each time the door is opened.
Let me know what you all think and i will report back on this yrs stock in the new incubator
Here are my efforts after abit of google, youtube, some bad past experience, some great past experience, an old bar fridge, a trip to bunnings, and plenty of beers.
Firstly i gutted the fridge of all hardware internal and external (compressor, condenser, evaporator) to free up space and weight. The hole left from the pipework going into the fridge was utilised for the electrics and air pipe (later explained). I also attached 4 x caster wheels onto the back so i could then lay it down and move it around easily.
(this is the orientation from now on for description of top (door) and bottom (back wall of fridge)).
Next i constructed a square frame out of pvc piping and elbows that fitted into the bottom and i fed the heat cord in through the pipework hole and wrapped it around the frame to cover the floor in an even manner. On top of this i placed cheap oven trays to support 3 x foil trays to hold water as a thermal mass.
Next I added a pvc air tube through the pipework hole and into one of the water trays with an aquarium air stone on the end and an air pump externally. I thought that this was I neat idea that introduces fresh air into the incubator (no more need for waving fresh air every few days) and also atomises the water in that tray to lift the humidity that little bit extra.
Above the water trays are 2 bars that suspend 2 computer fans mounted diagonally to circulate the air. The bars also hold the next layer of oven trays that hold the egg containers. The oven trays are a temporary measure until I can find a suitable mesh grid that will be solid and fine enough to not allow any new baby snakes from falling down to the water containers.
Lastly i put a perspex lid on it all that sits just under the closed door with a tight seal. This serves as a veiwing window when the door is opened and will not expose the incubator to any undue heat loss each time the door is opened.
Let me know what you all think and i will report back on this yrs stock in the new incubator
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