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I have a dozen RuuviTags at home. In the last few days I have compared the results shown by different sensors. Two of the sensors are in +the cold in winter: one on the porch and the other under the water roof in an unheated space, but both are still protected from the +rain.
I noticed that the humidity measurement of these two sensors is badly wrong. The sensor on the porch almost always shows 100% humidity. +The sensor under the water roof shows 75%, while the other sensors I put in the same room show 55-57%. I tried with three other +sensors. There is also a small difference in temperature, about a degree. I think I waited long enough for the reading to even out, +several hours.
Is it the case that the humidity measurement of the RuuviTag that is outside or in an unheated, i.e. sometimes quite cold and damp, area +suffers?
In practice, almost all humidity sensors start to show higher readings if they are in very humid air for a long time (>80%). That is +their characteristic. The sensors return to their calibration level when they are in dry air for a long time or they are returned by, +for example, baking the circuit board at +100C @ 1-3h.
Thanks for the advice. There was talk of oven treatment sometime before, but then I didn’t understand that the gradual saturation of the +humidity sensor outside is normal.
You have to put the sensors in the oven, probably without the case and battery, next time when the oven is warm.
I noticed that the freezer thermostat is quite inaccurate: with the -20 setting, I measured -28. Is the oven any more accurate? Do I +dare to trust the temperature setting of the oven or is there a risk that the circuit board will be destroyed if the oven is much +hotter with the oven setting of 100 degrees?
cheap ovens are inaccurate, expensive (and new) keep their heat better. I don’t know about the freezer, but the refrigerator has really +different temperature settings, at the bottom in the back +3, while at the top in the front +9
In the freezer, the aim is probably to keep the same temperature everywhere, or at least low enough everywhere. In the refrigerator, +there are purposely different areas for different foods.
But about using the oven. I don’t know the accuracy of my own oven, but can @henri tell me how hot the circuit board still remains +intact?
Henri:
The temperature in the freezer varies surprisingly much, and it also varies a lot depending on the location. A little mass around and +the temperature changes slowly, and directly on top of the cooling rack the change is faster.
A circuit board without a battery can withstand quite high temperatures (for example 120C), but it’s really better to put it in the +lower case rather than being too hot.
Mikko: I baked one Ruuvi for a few hours. Now the humidity value is lower and it still seems to work.
Regarding the temperature of the freezer: it seems pretty even to me, see picture.
on 2024-01-31
Teemu_Lehtinen added:
For me, the external sensor also showed 100% all the time. I baked the tag and it looked like a “smart” reading, but when I took it out, +the result was almost immediately 100% again and has not changed since then.
Any good ideas? The oven had circulating air at 100 degrees and next to it a “ham gauge” was measuring that it was in there too, the +temperature was probably 99 degrees, so it could very well be true.