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Official stations recalibrate or replace humidity sensors on a yearly basis. Due
to manufacturing tolerances, the humidity is accurate to ± 5%. To improve this
accuracy, the indoor and outdoor humidity can be calibrated using an accurate
source, such as a sling psychrometer:
or one step humidpak calibration kits (reference Section 9 ). You can
also use common table salt, water and a plastic bag:
5.8.2 Temperature Calibration
Prior to entering the calibration mode, press the
C
button to select
the temperature you wish to adjust.
To enter the temperature calibration mode, press and hold the
SET/ADJUST
and C
buttons at the same time for 5 seconds and the temperature
value will begin flashing. Press the
C
button to increase the
temperature and the
CLEAR/-
button to decrease the temperature reading in
0.1° increments. To rapidly increase (or decrease) the temperature reading,
press and hold the
C
or
CLEAR/-
button.
To return the temperature to the actual or uncalibrated measurement, press the
ADJUST
button.
Once the displayed temperature equals the calibrated source, press and
hold the
ADJUST
button for three seconds, or wait 15 seconds for
timeout, and the temperature value will stop flashing.
Discussion
: Temperature errors can occur when a sensor is placed too
close to a heat source (such as a building structure, the ground or trees).
To calibrate temperature, we recommend a mercury or red spirit (fluid)
thermometer. Bi-metal (dial) and other digital thermometers are not a good
source and have their own margin of error. Using a local weather station in your
area is also a poor source due to changes in location, timing (airport weather
stations are only updated once per hour) and possible calibration errors (many
official weather stations are not properly installed and calibrated).
Place the sensor in a shaded, controlled environment next to the fluid
thermometer, and allow the sensor to stabilize for 48 hours. Compare this
temperature to the fluid thermometer and adjust the console to match the fluid
thermometer.
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