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  • Page 2 To register your new Brinsea product please visit www.brinsea.co.uk within 30 days of purchase and follow the link on the home page to qualify for yo ur free 3 year guarantee.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    AF37 GB Issue 03 CONTENTS Setting Up Your Incubator Unpacking Part Quantities Assembly Pump Setup Location & Installation Product Introduction – Functional Features Settings – Control Menu Display Temperature Humidity and Ventilation Eggs Periodic Incubation Cooling Hatching & Cleaning up Specifications...

  • Page 4: Setting Up Your Incubator

    AF37 GB Issue 03 1 SETTING UP YOUR INCUBATOR UNPACKING Your i ncubator ha s been s upplied i n protective pa ckaging. Pl ease remove a ll ta pe, s trapping and pa cking from the i ncubator a nd pa rts. Retain the ca rton a nd packing materials to enable the unit to be repacked.

  • Page 5: Part Quantities

    AF37 GB Issue 03 1 SETTING UP YOUR INCUBATOR PART QUANTITIES The di agram s hows a ll the pa rts tha t have been s upplied to you. Ens ure you ha ve the correct qua ntities of ea ch pa rt. If there a re a ny parts da maged or missing please contact your retailer or Bri nsea Products (a t the a ddress a t the end of the document).

  • Page 6: Assembly

    AF37 GB Issue 03 1 SETTING UP YOUR INCUBATOR Water Channel Water Evaporation Block ASSEMBLY : There a re two wa ter pa ns. Fi t the wa ter eva poration block i nto the correct water pan. This i s the one that has the water channel flowing into i t.
  • Page 7 AF37 GB Issue 03 1 SETTING UP YOUR INCUBATOR Link slots ASSEMBLY Detail A Detail B : Fi t the l ink i nto i ts s lots ensuring the smooth s i de is facing inwards. : Fi t the egg carriers into the supports. The pegs mus t fi t in the sockets.
  • Page 8 AF37 GB Issue 03 1 SETTING UP YOUR INCUBATOR ASSEMBLY : Pl a ce the top onto the ba s e i n the correct ori entation. The egg turning motor must sit over the l ink. Check the top fits flush all the way around the ba se edge.

  • Page 9: Pump Setup

    AF37 GB Issue 03 1 SETTING UP YOUR INCUBATOR PUMP SETUP The Ova ti on EX i ncubator us es a peristaltic water meteri ng pump to a utomatically control the relative humi dity of the a i r i n the egg cha mber. Pumped wa ter is fed to an expanded paper evaporation block where warm air i s drawn over the l arge s urface to effectively eva porate a ll the wa ter (none should...
  • Page 10 AF37 GB Issue 03 1 SETTING UP YOUR INCUBATOR PUMP SETUP : Pul l the s hort pump connector up over the ca ps tan, wrap a round a nd pull over into the pump connector’s s l ot. Fol l ow the di a gram on the i ncubator, 1 –...

  • Page 11: Location & Installation

    AF37 GB Issue 03 1 SETTING UP YOUR INCUBATOR LOCATION AND INSTALLATION Your i ncubator will give best results in a heated room free from wi de temperature va ri ations a nd with generous venti lation – pa rti cularly i f s everal i ncubators are running at the s ame ti me.

  • Page 12: Product Introduction - Functional Features

    AF37 GB Issue 03 2 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION FUNCTIONAL FEATURES : Di gi tal Display : Pump Cover : Control Buttons : Adjus table air vent : Egg Ca rri ers (4)

  • Page 13: Settings - Control Menu

    AF37 GB Issue 03 INCUBATION TEMPERATURE 37.5C TEMP Ra nge 20.0 – 40.0°C (68.0 – 104.0°F). 3 SETTINGS   Defa ult 37.5°C (99.5°F). See s ection 5. CONTROL MENU RELATIVE HUMIDITY RH 20% Ra nge 20% – 80%.   EX ONLY Defa ult 20%.

  • Page 14: Display

    AF37 GB Issue 03 4 DISPLAY Normal Operation – Temperature, relative humidity and turn system status are continuously displayed. DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEM • The a sterisk “*” a djacent to the temperature reading shows when the heater power is on. When warming the asterisk will be conti nuously on, once warmed up the asterisk will slowly fl ash as the heater is pulsed to maintain the correct temperature.
  • Page 15 AF37 GB Issue 03 High Temperature Alarm Display (FIG 2) – If the measured temperature inside the incubator goes up by more than the 4 DISPLAY figure in the ALARM HI screen, the alarm will sound immediately and “H” will be displayed. Press OK to silence the alarm for 30 minutes. •...

  • Page 16: Temperature

    AF37 GB Issue 03 5 TEMPERATURE Please Note: Your i ncubator will be fa ctory s et for hen eggs, you may wish to a djust the temperature i n the menu to suit the types of eggs you a re i ncubating. SETTING THE TEMPERATURE As the i ncubator warms up and a pproaches its control s etting the ‘heater on’...

  • Page 17: Humidity And Ventilation

    13-16% depending on species. By weighing eggs periodically during incubation it is possible to monitor and, if necessary, correct humidity levels to achieve the correct weight loss. For more detailed i nformation on all aspects of egg incubation i ncluding helpful a dvice o n getting best results please visit our website a t www.brinsea.co.uk/incubationhandbook.
  • Page 18 AF37 GB Issue 03 The pump will not run if the incubator is significantly below the set temperature (including during periodic incubation cooling – see section 8). This is to prevent the system adding too much water when the top has been opened for inspecting eggs etc. 6 HUMIDITY AND VENTILATION In a ll cases the humidity for hatching needs to be high.

  • Page 19: Eggs

    Pres s + to scroll to the TURN 0/1 opti on. The Ova ti on 28 EX i s designed to a ccommodate eggs of different s izes from pheasant to duck eggs or l arger/ smaller eggs using the a l ternative egg carri er.

  • Page 20: Periodic Incubation Cooling

    BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON PERIODIC COOLING SETTING THE COOLING PERIOD The precise details of which days a nd what cooling period each day s hould be used for best effect are not known. Brinsea have assessed The cooling function is not essential. It’s an optional...

  • Page 21: Hatching & Cleaning Up

    La y the eggs directly onto the Fol lowing each ha tch i n the Ova tion EX remove a nd wash the egg carriers, l ink a nd base i n Brinsea Incubation Disinfectant Sol ution and ma t.

  • Page 22: Specifications

    19 pheasant eggs in optional large egg carrier Wei ght: 3.168 Kg Power Cons umption: The large egg carriers are available from brinsea.co.uk, brinsea.com or your local stockist Incubator maximum 60 Wa tts (product code AF011). (typi ca l average)
  • Page 23 Registered Community Design Application No 003007103 32-33 Buckingham Road Weston Industrial Estate Weston-super-Mare Brinsea Products Ltd, 32-33 Buckingham Road, Weston Industrial Estate, North Somerset Weston-super-Mare, N. Somerset, BS24 9BG BS24 9BG Tel: +44 (0) 345 226 0120 Fax: +44 (0) 1934 708177 e-mail: sales@brinsea.co.uk, website:...

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