The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: oink on March 18, 2010, 01:07:12 pm
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They've only gone and bloody done it - after uninterrupted electricity supply for as long as I can remember they've decided to turn it off for 8 hours during my first ever attempt at using an incubator! I put the eggs in the incubator this morning about 5 hours before they dropped by to inform me of the power down!
Oh well, I guess I have to laugh otherwise I'd cry ;D ;D :'(
It'll happen on day 9, does anybody have any suggestions?
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try and get them somewhere the power is not going off. sorry but that gap in power will kill them.
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Borrow a generator ;)
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i used a generator the other day when they did that to me >:(
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Would a car or leisure battery give enough power?
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PHEW I've found someone with a dc - av converter that plugs into a cigarette lighter ;D ;D ;D
I'll just have to leave the car on all day.
I really thought I'd lost them!
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invertors are very inaficent they use more power than they chuck out so a car or liesure battery wont last long maybe less than 2 hours depending on the consumption of the incy. i went to an auction and got one of those 60s/70s grey cabinet parifin incys as a back up, you can get them on ebay sometimes, look out for one as a backup. theres one on ebay now its 10 mile from me might bid, i paid £14 for mine, ebay number 220570380681