|
 Gmanrus
Stranger
Registered: 01/21/06
Posts: 6
Last seen: 5 years, 9 months
|
 alternative incubator
#5388759 - 03/11/06 09:26 AM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
hey guys I tried looking everywhere, but I couldnt find the post about the heating pads... I was wondering if the heating pad should be on top or on bottom of the jars. Is this a decent cheap way to incubate jars? Thanks a lot.
|
Delinquentes
TIMMMAYYYYYYY
 
Registered: 02/07/06
Posts: 534
Loc: Hidin' in a bowl of rice
Last seen: 6 years, 1 month
|
Re: alternative incubator [Re: Gmanrus]
#5388777 - 03/11/06 09:39 AM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
I have looked for two weeks, and can only find heating pads that have an automatic shut-off feature. This would make for a terrible heater.
I would say that the heating pad should be placed below the jars, but should have a buffer zone between the two. Heat does rise, after all.
As always, one should use caution using heating pabs or anything elses designed to generate heat. Were I to use one I would do this.
From the floor up:
12x12 square of blue-board (concrete unlayment from Home Despot)
Layer of blanket
Heating pad
Layer of blanket
Incubator
--------------------
"The price of meat has just gone up,
and your old lady has just gone down!" ~~ Zappa
Want to be the first on your block to have an ozone generator to kill contaminants?
Click Here for a ghetto ozone generator Tek.
Want to learn more about ozone as a bacteria killer? Click Here
|
hyphae
born to grow
Registered: 12/13/02
Posts: 6,228
Loc: the rain forests
Last seen: 1 year, 12 days
|
|
Heres some advice read up on a TiT and build one they are state of the art for under $25 and it makes you look like you know what your doing too! 
--------------------
Getting the most out of your casings!, A pinning strategy.
Oyster Shell "Flour" $2 for 1lb. a hell of a deal
Not what is overlay but rather what overlay is
Gas Exchange vs. FAE
"We all have priorities. I used a closet once setup a nice little lab trouble was all the shit that was in there ended up in the bedroom that pissed off the GF then I ended up dumping her as she was getting in the way of my sterile culture technique! Ya I got priorities too!!!"
|
 krill
was never here
Registered: 10/25/05
Posts: 520
|
Re: alternative incubator [Re: hyphae]
#5389103 - 03/11/06 11:49 AM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
PLEASE don't use a heating pad.
it never ends well, but it does have a tendency to END things alltogether.
i'm a slacker and don't use any type of an incubator- i just keep my jars/casings/whatever in igloo coolers or rubbermaid tubs in my room with the space heater on. i keep digital temp guages to monitor the inner/outer temps and i usually keep everything around 72-86 degrees, depending. works fine. of course, a TiT or a HeatBomb will give you OPTIMAL results (constant 80-84 degrees)... but it's really just a matter of speeding up your colonization time.
--------------------
"DO NOT ADJUST YOUR MIND. IT IS REALITY THAT IS MALFUNCTIONING." - Robert Anton Wilson
|
ohmatic
searcher
Registered: 02/28/04
Posts: 6,276
Loc: europe
|
Re: alternative incubator [Re: krill]
#5389107 - 03/11/06 11:51 AM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
yeah, go with a heatbomb for small scale and tit for large scale incubation.
heat pads really are just a waste of time and money.
peace ohm 
--------------------
 MONOTUB tek  HEATBOMB tek
#cultivation on irc.shroomery.org for real time cultivation chat
stay a minimium of 10 minutes after asking a question if you
actually expect someone to read and answer it !!!
|
FractalXplora
Grainiack
Registered: 02/11/06
Posts: 2,343
Loc: UK 
Last seen: 5 days, 16 hours
|
Re: alternative incubator [Re: ohmatic]
#5389136 - 03/11/06 12:01 PM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
i use heating pads (2) taped to a rubber maid. (one to the bottom and one to the side) as my fruiting chamber connected up to a Living earth habistat temperature / thermostat. http://www.eurorep.net/habistat/temp.htm
works a treat! Bearin mind its winter hereand reallllll cold yes  the habistat unit is excellent but pricy, i picked mine up and 2 haetmats second hand for about $25.sorted:)
|
Hippie3
mycotopiate
Registered: 11/06/99
Posts: 3,090
Loc: mycotopia.net
|
|
a heating pad is a fire hazard,
they are not meant to operate for hours on end
and neither should one place ANY weight on top
nor wrap them in flammable materials.
make ohmatic's heatbomb,
much safer
--------------------
Admin @ mycotopia.net
Mycotopia
|
SciaticGryphon
Stranger
Registered: 02/28/06
Posts: 146
Last seen: 2 years, 5 months
|
Re: alternative incubator [Re: Hippie3]
#5389178 - 03/11/06 12:13 PM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Alright thats a bunch of crap, not suppose to run hours on end. Thats what their for, I have two for a snake enclosrue and their on all day all night, no problems. they dont use enough electrical output to start a fire, and they are not hot enough to cause one. If used properly, such as having a cavity between it and what ever its heating it is quite handy. you can even place a towel to muffle the heat so it doesnt get too hot. IMO they are for the poor man grower, people who cant afford alot for htier grow..........anyhoo, happy shrooming!...
--------------------
We all evolved from chimpz and apes? NO! man evolved from canines, and women evolved from felines....
|
cappa
Nerd
Registered: 02/12/06
Posts: 854
|
|
I have a TiT and live in a cold environment. I have it wrapped in several sleeping bags and blankets. I have to heat the 'building' to 71 degrees so that my TiT gets to temperature.
My mistake #1: I'm using too small of an aquarium heater(25w).
My mistake #2: Standard plastic totes are not insulated.
My mistake #3: They're HUGE. Like 50 Gallon totes.
After I have my current jars out of there, I'm changing to a TiC.
Which is an acronym for Tub in Cooler. It just makes more sense to use an insulated outer container for me in this arctic bullshit.
Anyways, I hope that helps you when you decide what you are going to use.
--------------------
Their are 10 types of people. Those that understand binary, and those who don't.
~Cappa.
|
hyphae
born to grow
Registered: 12/13/02
Posts: 6,228
Loc: the rain forests
Last seen: 1 year, 12 days
|
|
Quote:
SciaticGryphon said:
Alright thats a bunch of crap, not suppose to run hours on end. Thats what their for, I have two for a snake enclosrue and their on all day all night, no problems. they dont use enough electrical output to start a fire, and they are not hot enough to cause one. If used properly, such as having a cavity between it and what ever its heating it is quite handy. you can even place a towel to muffle the heat so it doesnt get too hot. IMO they are for the poor man grower, people who cant afford alot for htier grow..........anyhoo, happy shrooming!...
So you've never heard of heating pad fires or electric blanket fires? They shortout thats when the fires happen haven't your parents taught you this? They can and do shortout it happens! Not very common but it does happen crap is not knowing this my friend. There are those that know and there are those that know it all don't be a know it all please  GL
--------------------
Getting the most out of your casings!, A pinning strategy.
Oyster Shell "Flour" $2 for 1lb. a hell of a deal
Not what is overlay but rather what overlay is
Gas Exchange vs. FAE
"We all have priorities. I used a closet once setup a nice little lab trouble was all the shit that was in there ended up in the bedroom that pissed off the GF then I ended up dumping her as she was getting in the way of my sterile culture technique! Ya I got priorities too!!!"
|
Gmanrus
Stranger
Registered: 01/21/06
Posts: 6
Last seen: 5 years, 9 months
|
Re: alternative incubator [Re: hyphae]
#5391756 - 03/12/06 11:17 AM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
thanks a lot for the input guys. I have decided to use a heating pad I have laying around, and just put it in a cooler with some blankets etc. and a thermometer. I just wanna try out growing and not really get into anything serious I only have 6 jars so its nothing big. I do have a small fish tank heater, but no tubs to put it in so I may look into building a heat bomb. I don't have my license although over legal age so I never get trips to go to home depot and what not. Thanks again!
|
figment
Apothecary
Registered: 01/04/06
Posts: 522
Loc: Quidity
|
Re: alternative incubator [Re: Gmanrus]
#5391803 - 03/12/06 11:28 AM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
I use a heating blanket with a couple books on top to create a space above the blanket. I adjusted the space until I found 82 degrees on my digital therm. Works just fine. Right now it's on the low setting and by bulk is about 2 inches from the top of the blanket.
--------------------
 
|
|
Previous
Index
Next
Threaded
Edit 
Reply 
