Molecular & EnergyMgr
I was just looking at our lab’s electricity bill and noticed the incubators are on all the time. Think we can rework the cycle to cut power without messing up the reactions?
Sure, let’s draft a protocol: keep the incubator at 37 °C with a 30‑minute off‑cycle every 12 hours, use a PID controller to maintain temp, set a 2 °C buffer to avoid shock, run the humidity monitor in parallel. Add a log sheet to track shifts, make sure the growth curve data stays within 5 % variance. That’s the minimal perturbation to cut power without compromising reactions.
Looks solid—just double‑check the PID tuning curve; a 0.1 °C offset per minute should keep the buffer in check. And maybe add a quick manual override button for the off‑cycle in case the monitor glitches. That way we avoid a full shutdown that could ruin a run. Keep the log sheet in a shared drive so everyone’s on the same page.