This JN 8-48, incubator is auto TILTING egg incubator, and it can hatch 48 Chicken eggs.

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This incubator is manufactured in China, and the accompanying user guide that comes with the
incubator is very poorly translated from Chinese and is about as clear as mud. A lot of essential
instructions are missing.
This incubator does not turn eggs it tilts them every two hours.
It is incorrectly named as an auto turning incubator.
There are no warranty repair agents in Australia and as far as I know anywhere in the world
that will repair this incubator however some sellers in China will send you the parts during the
12 month warranty period which you will have to install yourself or if unable to do so get a local
repair shop to do it for you AT
YOUR EXPENSE.
It is ultra important to:
Upon arrival from China, inspect the incubator's yellow plastic tilting cradle to ensure no
pins connecting the tilting arms of the egg holding trays are broken and for that matter none of the
tilting arms of the egg cradle itself. All of these are made of are very poor quality plastic and are
easily damaged in transit.

(a)

Cut the cable tie that holds the wire of the tilting motor to the upper plastic lattice so it hangs
freely otherwise it will impede the tilting function of the motor. Connect the motor cable to the motor
via the white plastic plug.

(b)

( c ) Do not discard the polystyrene packaging that the incubator comes with as in cold areas you will
need to sit the incubator in this packing to assist in temperature control.
(d) Prior to incubation of your precious eggs remove the egg cradle and the white lower lattice tray.
Fill the channels marked A & B with water, replace the white lattice tray and the egg cradle ensuring
that the motor cable is plugged in.
(e)

Make a note of the position or angle of the tilting tray.

(f)

Run the incubator empty for 2 hours observing the temperature and humidity and after two hours,
the egg tray should tilt to the opposite side to where it was when you first turned it on. Do not
cover any of the vent holes Make sure the fan is working.

If all is well and the temperature and humidity stays stable as per table (ii) below then all is well and
you are ready to incubate your eggs.
If however the tilting mechanism does not work, you can still use the incubator as a manual model by
discarding the tilting cradle and laying the eggs on their side marking one side with an (X) and turn
them by hand at irregular intervals about 4 times in 24 hours. Turn them from the side marked, 180
degrees to the unmarked side.

However, you paid for an auto tilting incubator, and yes some distributors in will send you the
defective parts and you will have to wait anywhere between three to four weeks for them to arrive
depending what part of Australia you live in.

Operation and Incubation of your Eggs.

WASH OUT AND STERILIZE YOUR INCUBATOR BEFORE YOU START. I USED A
HOSPITAL GRADE DISINFECTANT READILY AVAILABLE AT YOUR
SUPERMARKET.
DO THIS AFTER EVERY HATCHING.
This incubator is factory pre set for Chickens and the translator of this user guide has had no
problems with manually incubating chickens in this incubator. I say manually as we had to wait
for the defective parts to come from China.
If your incubator works as an auto tilter, then follow the following steps:
(i)

Fill the water reservoirs as you did for the test mode.
Having replaced the egg tilting cradle and ensuring the motor cable is re connected
place the required number of eggs maximum 48 for chickens in the egg tilting tray, replace lid
and switch on the incubator. You will hear an alarm sound, do not worry this is normal press
any of the buttons to cancel the alarm and when the incubator reaches the required
temperature and humidity the alarm will cease. Do not use soiled eggs or wash them

(ii)

That is it, all going well the rest of the process is automatic.
You will however need to refill the water reservoirs from time to time during the incubation
period as you did in the test mode. Yes, the alarm will sound, and you cancel it as above.
Candle your eggs on day 11 and 18 and discard eggs without embryo.
On Day 18 of incubation, (Chickens) remove the eggs from the tray and placing cheese cloth or
a tea towel on the lattice tray under which was under the egg holder and lay your eggs on their
sides, do not turn them any more. Pipping should start at day 20 and may well continue into day
24.
Once chickens leave the egg leave them in the incubator for 24 hours to dry, don't worry they do
not need feeding for 48 hours. When chickens are dry and fluffy gently remove them to your
brooder and keep the brooder temperature at the same as the incubator for a week and then
slowly reduce the temperature by a couple of degrees per every second day until the
temperature reaches room temperature. Your chickens should be ready to leave the brooder on
week 5 or earlier depending on your local temperature conditions.

This incubator is factory pre-set for Chickens it has worked well at factory settings.

You will need to change settings for other types of eggs.

Function instructions for JN8-48:
HU (Heating Power Parameter), HD (Heat Preservation Power Parameter)
Parameter HU and HD, set by factory, is supposed not to be modified by user.
Temperature correction function:
When measuring temperature deviates from reference temperature, temperature correction function
shall be used to make the measuring value in accordance with reference temperature, temperature
after correction shall be the sum of temperature before correction and correction value (correction
value can be positive number, negative number or zero).
Temperature correction set:
Push [SET] for 3 seconds to enter menu display, push [+] or [-] until code CA appears on screen,
then push [SET] to display temperature correction setting value, push [+] or [-] again to adjust
parameter.
Upper and lower limit function: (Temperature Tolerance Limits)
HS(Highest Setting) and LS(Lowest Setting) set the limits settings range of temperature control.
e.g., if HS is set as +15 and LS is set as -10, then the temperature can only be set from -10 to +15, so
the display value still keeps as -10 after pushing [-] if it displays -10; the display value still keeps as
+15 after pushing [+] if it displays +15.
If setting value is beyond the setting range, then HS and LS must be changed at first
Upper and lower limit set:
Push [SET] for 3 seconds to enter menu display. Push the [+] or [-] buttons until code HS or LS
appears on screen, push [SET] button to display upper or lower limit setting value, then push [+] or [] to adjust the parameter.
HS means upper limit temperature setting and LS means lower limit lowest temperature tolerance
setting
Humidity alarm function:
If measuring humidity is less than AU setting value, the temperature controller sends alarm and the
humidity indicating lamp flickers. The alarm can stop by pushing any button. This will occur when
adding water to the channels.
Humidity alarm set:
You can set the humidity alarm to sound if the humidity greater or lower than the required setting.
Push [SET] for 3s to enter menu display, push [+] or [-] until code AS appears on screen, push
[SET] to display humidity alarm setting value, then push [+] or [-] again to adjust the required
parameter.
High temperature alarm function:
If measuring temperature is higher than that of setting temperature and AH (High Temperature)
controller sends alarm and the display screen alternately displays H and current temperature. The
alarm can stop by pushing any button.
High temperature alarm set:

Push [SET] for 3s to enter menu display, push [+] or [-] until code AH appears on screen, push
[SET] to display high temperature alarm setting value, then push [+] or [-] to adjust parameter, the
high temperature alarm function can be closed when AH is set as 0.
Low temperature alarm function:
If measuring temperature is lower than the result when setting temperature minus AL, the temperature
controller sends alarm and the display screen alternately displays L and current temperature. The
alarm can stop by pushing any button.
Low temperature alarm set:
Push [SET] for 3s to enter menu display, push [+] or [-] until code AL appears on screen, push
[SET] to display low temperature alarm setting value, then push[+] to adjust parameter. The low
temperature alarm function can be closed when AL is set as 0.

Table (ii) Different settings for different types of poultry

User Guide Jn8-48