Doing the salt test on my hygrometer, have a few questions

cphk96

I am doing the salt test on the analog hygrometer and have a few questions. I "googled" the salt test and printed it out. It states to DAMPEN the salt in a cap or other small device. My first question is, I think I put more water than what would be considered dampened. Would I get an inaccurate reading if I have a little more water than is required. Should there be no air in the sealable bag, should it almost be "vaccuumed" out? Thank you in advance Chris

urbino

kuzi16

the way i look at it is it should be just shy of a salt and water "paste"

phobicsquirrel

You guys ever have your digital hygro lock on about 90? I tried to re-calibrate my hygro and now it's locked on 90. Is there a way to reset these things or did I just screw the thing up...?

kuzi16

phobicsquirrel

thanks kuzi, seems that the battery needs to be out for a while for it to reset... it seems to have knocked it out of it's stubborness, wonder why the thing locked up..

urbino

Gremlins.

phobicsquirrel

urbino:

Gremlins.

lol, yeah that's it! You know I now have it showing 80.. I might just have to send it back and get a new one.. maybe it's defective... sigh..

Luko

I have a salt question for the esteemed experts here - I got a new digital hygrometer to replace my crappy one and a pound 65 percent beads from heartfelt. So I wanted to calibrate the hygrometer. I put it in a relatively small bag and put in the cap with salt and very small amount of water. Waited about 12 hours, and the hygrometer read 69 percent. I did this about three or four times - and was getting 69 percent every time. Then I moved to a larger ziplock bag and did it again and get 75 percent. I left air in both of the different sized bags I used. I don't remember reading that size (lassy, this is an invitation) matters. Does it? Can I trust the 75 percent I got with the larger bag?

kuzi16

phobicsquirrel

Glad to hear your hygro works, mine is off about 11.... I'm a little miffed..

Luko