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Experience with wireless thermometer??

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Hopefully this is okay to post here since it is for Beeper egg incubation---


I am trying to see if others have tried any wireless thermometer's to see what internal temps are in incubators. One of the problems I've had with my incubator is when I close the inner glass door it eventually breaks the wiring on the digital thermometers I have... which, obviously makes them useless.

I just sent for this from Amazon:

AcuRite 00782A2 Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer
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I'm hoping I can use the sensor inside my incubator and get a better feel for what the internal temps are running without opening the door all the time.

Any better ideas or other ideas?
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Really neat product. How much are they going for? I've never used them, but I might be interested in doing so.
 
They're decent but have a +/- percentage reading flaw. Some are better than others. If the temperatures are critical for incubation I don't recommend using. You could always drill a hole for wired style and use caulking/putty to seal the hole around the wire. Use a hand held laser temp gun for accurateness then whatever those readings are you can get an idea of what you wireless is off by.
 
AGoodwin said:
Really neat product. How much are they going for? I've never used them, but I might be interested in doing so.
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Around 14 dollars-- I figured with the price I could at least see if it helps at all.

gregoryborriello said:
They're decent but have a +/- percentage reading flaw. Some are better than others. If the temperatures are critical for incubation I don't recommend using. You could always drill a hole for wired style and use caulking/putty to seal the hole around the wire. Use a hand held laser temp gun for accurateness then whatever those readings are you can get an idea of what you wireless is off by.
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I wouldn't be using them as the only temp gauge, more so to give me a 'walk by' check ability so I can tell if it is trending down or up. I have the hand held laser temp gun, however that requires opening everything up which of course causes a temp fluctuation.

Thank you for the feedback/advice!
 
I was able to find three of the La Crosse WS-9117u-IT and three wireless probes for $30 on eBay. They work good and monitor various other things in the off season. You can buy up to three wireless probes for each head unit.
 
I have that exact model. I use it to monitor my snake room temp. Bit of a pain to synch up after replacing the batteries but otherwise pretty good (I bought some rechargeable AAA’s for it). I also tried it in my incubator but found it not particularly accurate and I worried about high humidity and the signal didn't go through the mettle case very well so I drilled a hole and calked it for a wire probe like the previous poster suggested.
 
Okay-- well at least some experience with the wireless-- I figure I'll try the cheapo one I ordered, probably get frustrated with it! and drill a hole lol Thanks all!
 
Daequix, the egg temps aren't as critical as everyone seems to "think". I spoke with Mike Wilbanks at Pythonregius.com and he told me the temperature window is between 82-93 degrees. The cooler it is, the longer it takes to hatch but that they generally are larger when hatched and have a better feeding response. The opposite is true for the highest temps. He does whole room incubation with oiled filled radiator heaters. I personally have a large 7 ft x 3 ft x 3 ft stand up cooler coverted to an incubator. I use 62 ft of ZooMed heat rope in a "V" pattern, 2 PC pancake fans to create a circular air flow inside and a huge open Tupperware bowl filled with water at the bottom for 100% humidity. I also have large sealed Tupperware bowls as my egg container but used a pinpoint soldering iron to burn about 6 small breather holes around the upper portion of the bowl. I also have my eggs resting on light diffusser panel inside to keep eggs off of the vermiculite/perilite mix. It work perfect. My point is I hand check with the laser temp gun daily. The 30 seconds it takes to check 1 tub at different levels doesn't critically effect the eggs whatsoever. Speaking with experience here.
 
Temperatures ARE as critical as people think :yesnod:
Too low and the hatchlings might never develop correctly or take a long time to develop and too high and you can get kinks among other issues.
87 to 91 is the range I have found to be safe.

Daequix, why have the wires outside of the inc at all?
My multiple thermometers are inside of the incubator with the probes inside of the tubs.
 
Wireless is the way to go if you can find accurate units.

I'm using a couple Honeywell base stations (TM005X) with three wireless probes (TS13C) each. The base station can be flipped back and forth through the channels, but the part I like best about it is that I can plop it down on the coffee table in the living room, where every time I walk by I can glance at it and see what's going on.

The Honeywell is/was incredibly accurate. Problems arose when I went to purchase more for bird incubation. It appears the units are now made by Meade. I purchased one, and the quality has gone downhill dramatically. I'm lucky if temps are within ten degrees of where they actually are, and they're not very steady either. Their readings move up and down when I know there is no temp movement.

SO bummed.

Focal said:
I was able to find three of the La Crosse WS-9117u-IT and three wireless probes for $30 on eBay. They work good and monitor various other things in the off season. You can buy up to three wireless probes for each head unit.
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Thanks for the recommendation Nick. These been pretty accurate for you?
 
I use wired for my incubator but I use a wireless unit that I have just behind the tub in my 41qt rack on the hot spot. It works perfectly for me, no issues.
 
Hi Shadi, they work great and are usually less than a degree of difference when I run the temps by other devices. The probes or sending units withstand humidity pretty well and have been subjected to high humidity for over a year. I have to replace the batteries in the head units about 2-3 times a year but only once for the probes.
 
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