I'll make another post after I've tried all this to say how it went. I've used my oven and microwave (both turned off) to incubate soap before. I don't expect to have any issues with that. Need to turn the eggs 2 to 3 times per day ,mark the eggs with 0 and X on both sides so it. It works on the same principle as the one in 14 and is capable of cooling the air inside to as low as 40F, which is about the same temperature as a store-bought fridge. Temperature is set to 37.5 and difference is 0.5 and humidity should be between 55 to 60. This is another ingenious plan for a lo-tech refrigerator, this time made from a couple of flowerpots. I can take out the light for that to make the door seal properly. Put a cotton cloth inside the box and put eggs on it,also put water in a plastic bowl under the bulb so it will be warm and make humidity. That doesn't need a heat source, just an insulated box to go through the saponification process. I am leaning toward an automatic turner also. And all that would be of no use for an incubator. I also hope to incubate cold process soap in there. The only difference in the mini fridge, and mini freezer is how cold the compressor gets the inside air temp. I hope to find more foods that I can make using this incubator. I'd like to start eating more fermented and cultured foods, as I've read about all their health benefits. I'd like to try making soy milk yogurt in it, using the light to generate heat to culture the beneficial bacteria. This could be very handy when hatching leopard gecko eggs, or eggs from other species that demonstrate temperature dependant sex determination. I'm hoping to be able to use this for more than tempeh. The fridge section can be converted normally, and the freezer part can be used for storage, or it can be made into a second incubator to be calibrated to a different temperature. I'd need to keep the door open a bit to have the right temperature anyway. Just doing a quick test, trying to close the door as much as I can (with a 40W bulb) made the incubator a bit too hot for tempeh. I can't dim the light, so the only ways to adjust the amount of heat in the incubator is to change lightbulbs (to a higher or lower wattage), turn the light on or off, or open the door slightly to let some of the heat out. I don't think this is too much of a problem. My thoughts where to drill 2 holes in the bottom of the hump for mounting 2 computer fans, and two more holes in the bottom back to let the air return. The wire for the light is fed in the seal of the door. The white pvc pipe just marks the spots you can drill holes to force the warm air inside the incubator.
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