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What does the red light on a hovabator incubator mean?

i just got a hovabator incubator for my reptile eggs yesterday, i am letting it heat itself up and sit for about 2 days before i put the eggs in....i am wondering what the red light on the top means, when i first plugged it in the light was on, a couple minutes later it went off...what does that mean? ......i only had it on for about 2 minutes when the light went off and the temp is still climbing. never mind i figured it out i just had to increase the temp like 5 turns then the light came back on.

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1. read the instructions maybe????
2. The incubator has a rheostat... it's similar to a thermostat except you can't set the *exact* numeric temperature. The red light means the coils are heating the incubator to a certain point, when that point is reached, the heat turns off (red light turns off too) and it will not turn on again until the incubator cools a little. It's just like when you set your thermostat in your house, the heater will come on and when the maximum temp is reached, the heat turns back off. The temperature may continue to rise a little after the light turns off, but that's normal. The hot coils take a couple minutes to stop emitting heat. Adjust the knob on the incubator clockwise and counterclockwise over the next couple days until the thermometer is staying steady around 87-89 degrees.