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Cleansing and disinfection
After the completed hatch, the incubator should be cleaned with a damp cloth. The
drawers can be scoured with soapy water and the trays of Compact and closet incu-
bators you can just clean with water. After that, the incubator should be heated and
disinfected.
Before the eggs are put in, you could disinfect those reliably with our recommended
disinfectant. Afterwards you should let some air in. When the incubating season is over
and the incubator has been cleaned thoroughly it should be left open, so the humidity
left in the incubator can escape. Before the next incubating, it is necessary to clean the
filter and change the filter paper.
It is senseless to ignore little faults and hope that they can repaired later. The incubator
really has to work faultlessly.
Checkpoints before putting in the eggs:
• range of temperature, constant temperature
• air humidity, noise pollution
Incubator:
• horizontal position of the incubator
• measuring instruments ( thermometer and hygrometer)
• operating elements (switches, controls, regulators )
• test run
• security thermometer adjusted
• water sterilized by boiling
• trouble-free running
Trouble shooting
Problem Cause Resolve
Thermostat blinking Initial start-up Wait several minutes
Thermostat blinking Increased temperature Wait several minutes
during operation
Thermostat blinking Cool down timer on Check cool down timer,
tabs should be toward the
center to be off
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