JenH
10-03-2010, 01:54 PM
Last Saturday morning I was packing for a work business trip and I wondering into the snake room to make sure everything was ok... Well, it wasn’t. The thermostat on the bator was flashing ER 1 and I went to check and the internal temps were down to 84 degree. Whew - at least it failed properly and shut the heat off AND I caught it before it hit room temp!!!!
I have one clutch left in there and it was from my bee and Jeff's pin - 7 eggs on day 50. I would hate for my eggs to fail, but would feel even crappier since half the babies aren't mine! First off I bypassed the thermostat and plugged the heat in to the wall. I only have 1ft of flexwatt in the cooler so maybe if I turn the fan up high, it would keep it warm. After 30 minutes it was climbing up to 88-89 and not slowing down – another option was needed…..
I have 2 of Jason’s Jungle baby racks – its back heat and uses 6qt tubs 2 tubs across and 14 high. The tub can be turned 90 degrees and slid back closer to the heat. I keep the baby rack a little cooler – it’s usually 83-88 front to back. So, I transferred the eggs to one of my baby rack tubs, put 2 cheap temp gauges in and pushed it closer to the heat.
All this happened in an hour or so and I still have to leave!! My husband told me not to worry and that he would watch the temps. He said “I’ve smoked BBQ before, I can watch the temps.” :lmao: I asked that they try to keep the two temp probes between 84-88. Cooler is always better than too hot!
I left and I know I pestered them for 5 days asking for temp reports. Anyone looking at the texts on my phone would be very curious….
I got back Wednesday night and first thing I did was cut eggs. They all look fine and currently 2 are out and the rest are looking good. I think I lucked out that the eggs were so far along. :rolleyes:
I’ll post pics in the picture section when they are all out….
I have one clutch left in there and it was from my bee and Jeff's pin - 7 eggs on day 50. I would hate for my eggs to fail, but would feel even crappier since half the babies aren't mine! First off I bypassed the thermostat and plugged the heat in to the wall. I only have 1ft of flexwatt in the cooler so maybe if I turn the fan up high, it would keep it warm. After 30 minutes it was climbing up to 88-89 and not slowing down – another option was needed…..
I have 2 of Jason’s Jungle baby racks – its back heat and uses 6qt tubs 2 tubs across and 14 high. The tub can be turned 90 degrees and slid back closer to the heat. I keep the baby rack a little cooler – it’s usually 83-88 front to back. So, I transferred the eggs to one of my baby rack tubs, put 2 cheap temp gauges in and pushed it closer to the heat.
All this happened in an hour or so and I still have to leave!! My husband told me not to worry and that he would watch the temps. He said “I’ve smoked BBQ before, I can watch the temps.” :lmao: I asked that they try to keep the two temp probes between 84-88. Cooler is always better than too hot!
I left and I know I pestered them for 5 days asking for temp reports. Anyone looking at the texts on my phone would be very curious….
I got back Wednesday night and first thing I did was cut eggs. They all look fine and currently 2 are out and the rest are looking good. I think I lucked out that the eggs were so far along. :rolleyes:
I’ll post pics in the picture section when they are all out….