Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] Dale/ repairing circuit board?

14 November 2012

Re: [DIY] Dale/ repairing circuit board?

German Made explains the repair costs. This causes me to assume that the unit is actually designed for 220V 50 Cycle power and that you were possibly using an electronic converter rather than a standard transformer to step up from 110 to 220. As for my wife, she put anything she could find in that incubator from chickens to quails. She and the kids were just fascinated watching them hatch and also experiencing the instant bonding that often takes place. She was "Momma" to a number of geese which made life interest at times. It got so bad at one time that she had to have a box under the kitchen window for her little charge could watch her as she worked. I won't go into what would happen if I happened to get too close to her with the geese around. Our daughter has already laid down the law were geese are concerned, but we will have to wait and see how that works out. You should have seen what happened when she switched the eggs between one of her chickens and one of her ducks. Talk about emotional confusion.

Dale in the Flatlands.

carmen s. wrote:

Dale, it is a Grumbach incubator - German made and an excellent incubator in every way, and yes it was a conversion box that died.

Believe me, incubating and feeding day-one exotic birds is never my first choice as the parents usually do a way better job of this task than I do, but sometimes it is necessary.

He found another fan that he had that is almost the same and thinks he can rewire what needs to be changed to make it work.

What kind of eggs was your wife incubating?

carmen
On Nov 14, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Dale S wrote:
I think what your are saying is that either you are using an American unit on European power using a converter, or you have a dual voltage unit. We used an incubator for years but it was a single voltage device and used the old style mechanical thermostat control. Can you take close-up photos of the board in question and the fan that is also bad. If you can use this on 110 instead of 220 there are several possibilities. There are any number of replacement fans also available. BTW my wife would go back to incubating everything she could get her hands on if she only could and now that our daughter have bought and moved onto several acres who knows what she might do.
Dale in the Flatlands.      
John and Carmen Stuart wrote:
On this incubator problem:

The converter box that handled the plug from 110 to 220 went bad and allowed over-heating of the circuit board which sent too much currant and messed up the fan motor that kept the air circulating within the incubator.

My husband checked the converter box and found *that* was the initial problem and thinks he can repair the circuit board if he has a schematic of what does what.

The incubator company wants $180.00 for a new board and another $75 for a temperature sensor. ( not quite sure why a new temp. sensor would be needed).
Like many on this list, we grew up in a time when things were fixed and not replaced. At every opportunity, we buy superb quality old appliances that are not computerized, that are able to be repaired.

carmen
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what appears to be the problem with the board?
Dale in the Flatlands.      
carmen30534 wrote:
Is there a place you could refer me to have a circuit board repaired?
I hate having to buy a new one for an incubator.
My husband is a gifted repair man and builder but this is out of his know-how.
thanks, carmen s.
carmen stuart

Brightwood Aviary

http://brightwoodaviary.com

Dawsonville, Ga.

770 889-0353