covatutto 7 light keeps flashing

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I have a covatutto 7 which I bought 2nd hand. I've had it since 12pm today and after 2 minutes of turning it on the light has constantly flashed, so thats about 5 hours. Surely this isn't what its suppose to do is it? I've got the instructions but can find nothing about it flashes for hours!

Any help would be grateful

Tans
 
Yeah that's it way of temp regulating.

Ensure you have a couple of spare bulbs handy close by and that you change them over BEFORE they fizz and die on their own. I say this as I know someone who used one of these and the bulb died sometime overnight and eggs went stone cold. Although she put a new bulb in next morning on waking its hard to know if it affected the eggs after that. Only 2 went on and hatched. Others seemed to not to have progressed.

Also please know these incubators don't give the greatest results. They are the cheaper end of the scale and can really crap out and give very mixed/poor hatch results. Depending on where you have it standing, the outside temp, humidty around it etc can all lead to hit and miss results. Also during hatching you really need to ensure you don't lift that lid and you hovver round to ensure humidty is as good as it can be.
 
I'm totally agree with snifter really crap incubator.Had one and 6 days before hatching the bulb went off the eggs went cold but I have candled them and they been still alive so I have put new light bulb on but something have gon bad with thermostat and the light never switch it self off.All chicks get cooked inside the eggs.Try to explain that to a 6 year old who was counting down the days for hatching time:(
 
I loath this make of incubators. And I don't use that word often. :-)04

A light polluting "Potty" made of crud. Mine had bulbs and thermostat go and I threw it away as expessive scrap.... :evil: Have the bulbs ready .... and when you turn them try not to jar the eggs too much. I have big fingers and I found it tested my patience three times a day :-)02 It was almost a release when it failed me about half way through the hatch.... but not quite. I lost the eggs and came on here to rant. :-)02

Thank goodness there's people like Foxy around :-)17 (Bought her old incubator) 0:-) It's worth the investment in a good Incubator imho. The one I have now rocks ! :D ....... No .... I mean it ... It actualy rocks .. :lol:

Good luck Tans. i recon you'll need it. I hope things go well for you and let me know what you do about the light pollution.... Mine ended up in a big wooden toy chest in an infrequently used room and I still got comments from the neighbours ... "Alliens in the house" ... Ohh... ohh... and "It's s'posed to be a red light flashing when ....... " Hmmmm ... indeed .. :-)10
 
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