DIY-Home Made Incubator Eggs Hatcher -How to make an AC- DC incubator :

Introduction:

An incubator is a machine which is use for hatching bird’s eggs. The incubator we design can almost hatch all kinds of bird eggs. Like Chickens, Ducks, Pheasants, Peafowls, Turkeys etc.

The Incubator we design here is Semi Auto. It means that The temperature control will be automatic while eggs turning will be manual by hand also humidity will be manual .it’s very easy to operate a semi auto incubator successfully .For humidity level control you just need to increase the water surface level will increase humidity level and vice versa .

The eggs turning .Two to three times a day will give you a good result. (For good result 8 hours duration between each turning)

Components Used in This Project:

1: A Box (Can be made from Wood, fly board, plastic or Aluminum anything that can hold heat inside).

2: Temperature Controller I am using two W1209.

3: A Hygrometer which shows you Humidity level. I am using ……..

4: Eggs Tray which holds eggs inside Incubator box and also helps in turning eggs with hand.

5: A Bowl for water to maintain the required humidity level.

Construction:

First of all you need to make a rectangular box. You can make it from wood, fly board, plastic or aluminum anything that you have access and have a property of holding heat. Look at the picture and you will be get an idea I am using simple fly board .you can make it with your own hand or make it with your local carpenter.

All the measurements are given in the block diagram you can change the measurement according to your needs.

Understand before Power connection:

If you have no power failure problems and load shedding then it is good for you make only AC connections in your incubator.

If you have power failure issues and load shedding problems then go for both AC and DC connections in your incubator:

Both AC and DC operate in same incubator box. In normal condition AC system operates when the AC system go off them DC system work as backup because your incubator need power 24 Hours a day along the full incubation period.

With two ways you can operate both systems successfully.

1: Installed any AC or DC relay in DC system.

2: Set your DC temperature controller On time 1 degree lower from AC controller.(for example your AC controller relay ON at 37.3 C your DC controller relay need to turning ON at 37.2C..

The better way is to install an extra relay. The second method is just a solution of your problem in case you don’t have a relay.