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jwrussell · 04-01-2005, 12:24 PM

What Prflani said. You are lucky your analog works at all. The one that came with my first Humi is pegged at 80% and has never moved. 8% seems pretty high for a digital, but some are more accurate than others.

Calibrating hygros can be a maddening experience because no matter how much you beat it into your brain that they can be off by 3% or more you are still, in the back of your mind, expecting them to be right on.

I'm in the process of (being very anal) testing my four hygrometers with first the humidipaks and second with the salt test. And I have one hygro so far that even though everyone else who has them says they are almost spot on, is off by 4-5% (and guaranteed to be +/-1.5%).

You just have to be able to label them by how much they are off and move on with life.

04-01-2005, 12:24 PM	#6
jwrussell Herf Meister Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 6,963	What Prflani said. You are lucky your analog works at all. The one that came with my first Humi is pegged at 80% and has never moved. 8% seems pretty high for a digital, but some are more accurate than others. Calibrating hygros can be a maddening experience because no matter how much you beat it into your brain that they can be off by 3% or more you are still, in the back of your mind, expecting them to be right on. I'm in the process of (being very anal) testing my four hygrometers with first the humidipaks and second with the salt test. And I have one hygro so far that even though everyone else who has them says they are almost spot on, is off by 4-5% (and guaranteed to be +/-1.5%). You just have to be able to label them by how much they are off and move on with life.