Re: Humidifying problems
Originally Posted by
pops1
From what I have read the water and salt will allow you to set your humidifier at 75%, so it may be accurate there, but not down where we need it to be accurate. Decent ones can be had for not too much $$. A little research and a couple of bucks will give you more accurate readings.
You can get a 75% and a 32% test kit by Boveda from Amazon for about $18 or so. If you test at 75% and adjust, then test and adjust at 32%, you would probably get more accuracy.
Or, get or make a sling psychrometer and adjust to humidity levels in your environment. I made a psychrometer for less than $10, and when I later bought a "professional" one used, I learned that my homemade one was pretty darn close. Of course, then you have to test the new standard against something, and on and on.
I don't think +/- a few %ages of RH is going to make or break your instruments. It's extremes and rapid changes that seem to cause the most problems.
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