Brinsea CONTAQ Z6, Руководство по эксплуатации

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9 Cooling
Eggs are cooled briefly each time they are turned when the contact ‘skin’ is retracted,
drawing in fresh air. Additional cooling can be achieved to simulate the bird leaving
the nest. Typically this would be set for one or two cooling periods each day of 15 to
20 minutes duration. During the cooling period the contact skin is retracted and the
heater is switched off. To program the cooling cycle push all three buttons at once to
enter the ‘settings’ menu. Scroll to cooling interval, select and adjust the period of
time between cooling cycles. Next in the settings menu is cooling period. This is the
duration of time a cooling cycle will last for. Again select to adjust. Humidity levels
may fluctuate during and after cooling. This is an entirely natural effect and will not
adversely affect the incubating eggs. The water pump is automatically switched off
during the cooling period to avoid excessive water addition.
10 Hatching
The Contaq Z6 can be used for hatching in both Contact and Forced draft Modes – in
numerous trials no cases of suffocation by the skin have been reported. However,
running a separate hatcher (multi-stage incubation) has advantages. In multistage
incubation the eggs are set in the main incubator (‘setter’) and removed around 2 days
before they are due to hatch and placed in the ‘Hatcher’ (which is set up for the
purpose with high humidity and no egg turning). The benefits of multistage incubation
are that the mess of hatching is kept separate from the incubator – reducing the risk of
bacterial contamination and allows eggs to hatch at different dates without
compromising the conditions for eggs earlier in incubation.
The Z6 has two software modes – ‘incubation’ and ‘hatching’. The default is
incubation mode and hatching mode can be selected by entering the settings mode.
Scroll to ‘operation mode’, then select to change to hatching. The hatching mode
disables the egg turning procedure. When hatching in the Z6, change to hatching
mode two days before eggs are due to hatch.
In Forced Draft Mode the conveyor assembly may be removed from the drawer and a
dedicated hatching tray can then be placed in the bottom of the drawer to allow
maximum control of humidity.