The temperature alarm keeps going off on my BRINSEA Incubator. How do I stop it?

Most incubators now come with temperature alarms. Some with alarms for abnormal incubator temperature alarms, some for abnormal room temperature alarms and some with both alarms.

You can clear the alarm on most incubators by pressing the OK button,but if the incubator still detects either an abnormal room temperature or incubator temperature, the alarm will sound again.

If the alarm continues go off on your incubator, you need to first find out which alarm is going off - whether it is the room temperature alarm or incubator temperature alarm.

Check the display. On a Brinsea if -RM or +RM appears on the screen then this indicates that an abnormal room temperature it been detected. If, however, H/ or L/ is displayed, this means the incubator had detected an abnormal incubator temperature.

-RM means the room is too cold. Either the room needs warming-up or the incubator needs to be moved to warmer room. Brinsea suggest not using the incubator in a room where the temperature can drop below 18°C and is not exposed to wide changes in temperature.  

+RM means the room is too warm. Check that the incubator is not (and has not been) in direct sunlight or too near a heat source such as a room heater/radiator. Ideally, thermostatically control the room at between 20°C - 25°C.

H/ indicates that the measured temperature inside the incubator has increased by more than what you have set it to on the ALARM HI setting in the menu. Press 'OK' to clear the message. If the high temperature problem rectifies itself, the “H” remains on the display to show this has happened. Press 'OK' to clear the indicator. Once done, check that your incubator is not (and has not been) in direct sunlight or too near a heat source such as a room heater.

L/ indicates that the measured temperature inside the incubator has dropped by more than what you have set it to on the ALARM LO setting in the menu. Press 'OK' to clear the message. If the low temperature problem rectifies itself, the “L” remains on the display to show this been achieved. Press 'OK' to clear the indicator. Once done, check the incubator is not (and has not been) in a cold draught or that the room temperature has dropped significantly.