Humidity meters and their sensors.

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@OntologicalQuandry
@OntologicalQuandry 8 жыл бұрын
I used these in my first job making moisture instrumentation in 1999. The sensor needs a higher frequency driving wave at higher humidity to stop polarisation and a much lower frequency at very low humidity. I developed a simple bit of code that smoothly varied the frequency from 10kHz down to 100Hz based on what the sensor was reading, hugely extending the accurate range of the sensor.
@DaPenguin447
@DaPenguin447 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Clive, just dropping in to say how useful this video is 4 years later. I've been researching humidity sensors for a 3D printer filament drying project and was nearly going to pull the trigger on a couple of $8 already in the nice plastic case with the display jobbies, when I remembered I had a few sensors lying around from a previous arduino project. I wondered how they worked, and the words " hygrometer eBay " brought me straight here. I'm fairly certain if I type anything I'm remotely interested in with the word eBay after it I'll end up with result number 1 being a video of yours.... Top quality content as always mate, stay safe during this quarantine, and as always... keep the explosion containment pie dish handy.
@stridermt2k
@stridermt2k 8 жыл бұрын
How the hell do you know these awesome little tidbits like the humidity in a bag trick? That kind of stuff is awesome to know and I really have to thank you for it. It's why I subscribe to this channel -infotainment of the highest caliber!
@vedasticks
@vedasticks 8 жыл бұрын
possibly mycology hobby? mycoligists need accurate humidity readings . its commen knowledge for those into mycology . to calibrate an anologue humidity guage, you put it in a bag with salt for upto 75% for high humity upto 99% wrap it in a damp towel for 1 hour and adjust to read 99%
@SianaGearz
@SianaGearz 8 жыл бұрын
I had it in 10 minutes of Googling. I mean once you have multiple humidity meters, or have ever even been to a store where a bunch of them display different values, the natural question occurs which one is right.
@stridermt2k
@stridermt2k 8 жыл бұрын
vedasticks Indeed! Siana Gearz Good for you! ;)
@chris2790
@chris2790 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe he's a cigar aficionado. They're OCD about their humidors. :)
@patrickbasani7967
@patrickbasani7967 9 ай бұрын
Maybe cigars! Ask me how I know it 😂
@DrTeddyMMM
@DrTeddyMMM 8 жыл бұрын
I purchased 10 of these little devices, they were sold as ºC (celsius) only. I wanted to use them mainly for the humidity function. As with everything I get, I take it apart first. I discovered there is a set of solder points inside that will set it to ºF (fahrenheit) temperature readings. Bonus! :)
@shanemagman1191
@shanemagman1191 6 жыл бұрын
Hi @DrTeddyMMM So how did you have them convert Celsius to Fahrenheit? Mine was displayed in Fahrenheit and after battery change it turned into Celsius. I'd really appreciate if you could shed some light. Thanks!
@stevenA44
@stevenA44 4 жыл бұрын
How I didn't see your comment last year when I got some of these and asked Clive how to change it, I don't know. I should have read more comments. LOL But he said the same thing about the solder pads.
@ivansandoval946
@ivansandoval946 3 жыл бұрын
did the humidity function work propperly?
@LuneyToonz-lk2de
@LuneyToonz-lk2de 21 күн бұрын
@shanemagman1191 I ordered 2 recently. They were reading C, so I bridged the 2 connections labeled F with solder. You have to remove the iron slowly so the bead goes across both contacts.
@zorgatron8998
@zorgatron8998 7 жыл бұрын
I really do appreciate videos like this, Clive. I know it seems like such a simple thing but this is a good unbiased educational video for a product that has worked very well in my life. Thanks for the work you do!
@georgestyer2153
@georgestyer2153 2 жыл бұрын
Totally agree
@Harani66
@Harani66 6 жыл бұрын
Very useful video I bought a pair of these with the sensors on flying leads and put them in a wall mounted box on a cavity wall I've been having damp problems with. One panel is reading the ambient humidity (and temperature), the other the sensor goes through a hole in the wall so I can measure humidity in the cavity and compare them against each other. Now I can make sure the two units are calibrated the same.
@MrKlyushin
@MrKlyushin 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for such a great video! I was wondering how those sensors work. I have very poor knowledge of physics but at a amateur level I understood how it works. Thanks a lot!
@a64738
@a64738 2 жыл бұрын
Boveda brand sells salt packs with different humidity settings including a 75% and 33% humidity for calibrating humidity meters...
@flagpoleeip
@flagpoleeip 8 жыл бұрын
put mine through the washing machine. had a significant affect on its accuracy.
@christiangeiselmann
@christiangeiselmann 8 жыл бұрын
The washing machine's?
@flagpoleeip
@flagpoleeip 8 жыл бұрын
very good.
@p3rs0n42
@p3rs0n42 8 жыл бұрын
What kind of washing machine is it? We may be able to help you re-calibrate it, and fix it's accuracy.
@christiangeiselmann
@christiangeiselmann 8 жыл бұрын
+p3rs0n42 Never do your laundry with a non-calibrated washing mashine. Bad things can happen!
@p3rs0n42
@p3rs0n42 8 жыл бұрын
+Christian Geiselmann I always recalibrate it before each load, just to be safe!
@grahamrdyer6322
@grahamrdyer6322 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for showing us Clive, I didn't really know how these things work but I'm glad you did this video.
@peterleather6866
@peterleather6866 8 жыл бұрын
I never knew that you could check the calibration like that. I have a DHT22 (digital) humidity sensor connected to my Raspberry Pi weather station that I suspect is read way off so could test it with this method. Thanks for the tip!
@azzym312
@azzym312 8 жыл бұрын
Clive I thought they were capacitors of which the capacitance varies with humidity. I traced the circuit of one of these and I found this; There was a CMOS 555 on board of which the frequency varied as a function of the capacitance of the sensor. I could be wrong perhaps the varying resistance changed the frequency directly. But I remember that the sensor was located where normally a capacitor goes into the 555 oscillator circuit. I built and sold a dozen humidity display plus recorders to a pharmaceutical Co. about 6 years ago.
@sniffy6999999
@sniffy6999999 8 жыл бұрын
Great for homemade humidors, and I know know heaps more about them. Clive, you're a star.
@Zero_Ego
@Zero_Ego 5 жыл бұрын
You answered every question I had about these units and more. Much appreciated.
@DonDegidio
@DonDegidio 8 жыл бұрын
Nice video and humidity sensor explanation. Great way to test the units. If they were adjustable, wish you would have shown how to bring them closer to the correct reading.
@davids2448
@davids2448 8 жыл бұрын
Great tip about testing. I now know which of my hygrometers to trust. Thank you Clive!
@Markle2k
@Markle2k 8 жыл бұрын
You can use various salts with their own equilibrium relative humidities. To calibrate a low point at 33%, Magnesium Chloride is an easily accessible salt. You should use kosher salt or canning salt instead of table salt for your Sodium Chloride slurry, though. Common table salt contains anti-caking agents that can throw things off.
@TodorTashev
@TodorTashev Жыл бұрын
Wonderful explanation. Thank you so much for sharing. I am also enthusiastic about hygrometers and since they show slightly different values I didn't know which one is correct. Now I know how to check. I'm really excited to try this out.
@LPFthings
@LPFthings 8 жыл бұрын
Humidity sensors require temperature sensors to get the relative humidity (absolute isn't really used much), you can probably tune the ones that are out by simply tweaking the resistance of the thermistor.
@AstAMoore
@AstAMoore 8 жыл бұрын
Unlikely. Thermistors are _highly_ nonlinear. The COB has a table programmed into it that compares the resistance of the thermistor to the (nearest) preprogrammed value. At least that’s what should happen theoretically when each unit is calibrated. Granted, there’s not a chance they do that for cheap Chinese hygrometers (they probably use typical values from the thermistor’s manufacturer data sheet), but I don’t see how you can “tweak” the resistance without _decreasing_ the overall accuracy of the unit. You could, probably, calibrate it this way to be (more) accurate in a specific range of temperatures (for example, around the typical room temperature, refrigerator temperature, or freezer temperature). You’ll still need a highly accurate, certified device as a gauge for that.
@EpicLPer
@EpicLPer 8 жыл бұрын
Why would anyone need more than 6 of tho... oh wait, you're Clive, never underestimate Clive.
@bigclivedotcom
@bigclivedotcom 8 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it was a group test to see how they compared.
@LakeNipissing
@LakeNipissing 8 жыл бұрын
Living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, basement...
@drkastenbrot
@drkastenbrot 8 жыл бұрын
theyre cheap, reason enough to buy at least 5
@kyoudaiken
@kyoudaiken 8 жыл бұрын
I bought three of them in white. One for my bedroom, one for my kitchen and one for my fridge.
@LosSerpent
@LosSerpent 4 жыл бұрын
if you're growing weed...
@kane100574
@kane100574 2 жыл бұрын
Man, that is amazing. Humidity cal for cheap meters. Thank you so much for this!
@BaconSniffer578
@BaconSniffer578 8 жыл бұрын
I use these in my guitar cases. Thanks for the calibration tips
@Seegalgalguntijak
@Seegalgalguntijak 8 жыл бұрын
Last winter, I bought a few of these round analog humidity meters from ebay, because my apartment is always too dry and I was using a humidifyer for the first time. When they arrived, they all showed a different value, so I had to clip open and manually rotate the dial in order to get a somewhat accurate reading (but in fact, I'm happy if it shows me "around 20%" or "around 40%", with the former being almost unbearable for my respiratory system and the latter being the start of where it becomes tolerable.
@Hkarl85
@Hkarl85 8 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Mr. Clive for this video, me and the wife are looking for new ones for the green houses that dont just crap out in the sunlight and moisture so this is extremely helpful ! you would think a moisture meter would have some protection from the elements but apparently not
@easymac79
@easymac79 4 жыл бұрын
1:49 I'd say the variation in humidity reading is not so much an error in the humidity reading, but rather the calculation it performs based on the temperature. You might mention it later, but I'm commenting in real time; relative humidity is based on the capacity of air to hold water vapor and that changes based on temperature. The meters in the tub are ranging from a low of 18.3C to a high of 19.9C and show a difference in relative humidity of 4%. I think it comes down to the accuracy of the temperature probes, but there is another 5m7s to this video and I could be totally incorrect.
@stupossibleify
@stupossibleify 8 жыл бұрын
Every time I look at your channel there's something interesting and timely
@XOIIOXOIIO
@XOIIOXOIIO 8 жыл бұрын
Fantastic little thing, I'm ordering one for my server rack right now, I have my own temp sensor I rigged up using a dallas instruments one wire device but something to permanently install will be handy, though without the ability to datalog like mine. First one I found has a remote sensor, and I figure that will work nicely since I will be able to put it somewhere in the rack if I want to read the temp from somewhere else.
@evilutionltd
@evilutionltd 8 жыл бұрын
I fitted one of these into a smart Roadster a few months ago. They suffer from leaks and the water turns to vapour and condenses on the main controller PCB for most of the electrics. Monitoring the humidity in the car was an obvious step.
@maxximumb
@maxximumb 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks big man for another quality video to keep us exciting party folk entertained, this Friday night.
@troylivingstone1082
@troylivingstone1082 8 жыл бұрын
ahey! the first product that you've dismantled that I own, good to see whats inside 'er.
@stevenferro
@stevenferro Жыл бұрын
Thanks for showing us how to test the accuracy i was a bit worried about that and now i have something to help me out!
@browpetj
@browpetj 6 жыл бұрын
Great video and great channel. Subbed for sure. Had several of these under cover that drifted due to very fine silica dust (middle east weather). Now I know how and how not to clean these! Most appreciated.
@SilverGreen93
@SilverGreen93 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks, bigclive! Learnt something new today. AC, not DC for RH sensors. :)
@joels7605
@joels7605 8 жыл бұрын
I really like the HIH-4000. It's a capacitive sensor that does a similar job. The resistive salt based devices age. Capacitive sensors do not. They also output a 0-5v analog signal and don't need to be driven with hard to deal with sine waves. Something to look into...
@tomcardale5596
@tomcardale5596 8 жыл бұрын
We build things for grain store monitoring using the HIH 4000 series sensors, been using them for years. Eventually some do go a bit haywire but most of the time it's due to dodgy electrics on a farm that have zapped some part of the circuitry upstream of them.
@hendersonjp
@hendersonjp 8 жыл бұрын
hey Clive your knowledge is immence another ace video top class viewing .Keep it up sir .
@chuck1804
@chuck1804 Жыл бұрын
This video was the simple explanation I was looking for. Thank you!
@Galileosays
@Galileosays 4 жыл бұрын
Great help to calibrate/check the hygrometer, which turns out to be essential in covid-19 prevention. That is, keeping a room above 40 %RH and preferable below 50 %RH.
@fromfin90
@fromfin90 8 жыл бұрын
i have a temperature meter in the same package, quite neat to keep an eye on temp inside refridgerator(it has a lead with the sensor on the end) Might get one of these for fun
@TheSpotify95
@TheSpotify95 8 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, thanks! Also, thanks for explaining how to test the accuracy on these things. I have varying different humidity meters around, and I don't know if any of them are correct or not, so I will definitely get them checked.
@DrZipZwan
@DrZipZwan 4 жыл бұрын
I got this humitidy meter, but with external long probe model. Later I am going to test its accuracy according to your test. Thx.
@DarkLinkAD
@DarkLinkAD 8 жыл бұрын
I had an old 480Watt window a/c, so I decided to use the condenser to dry my bedroom. My humidity sensor Implied 47% humidity at 27.7C/82F. I had it in operation overnight, 5 gallons of water later and the sensor still reads 47% Humidity. I think my hair is a far better measurement of humidity.
@emilee172
@emilee172 6 жыл бұрын
BTW most have a small area with 2 solder point that can be shorted for use with Fahrenheit , actually has a C/F denoted on the board
@mjpea4
@mjpea4 8 жыл бұрын
Just subbed to Patreon Clive, keep doing what you're doing mate.
@tundramanq
@tundramanq 3 жыл бұрын
One note: The bottom of the line Acurite humidity/ temperature meter I use seems correct for humidity and degrees C in whole numbers. However if I switch temperature display to degrees F it is obvious that it only displays whole numbers in C, because as the degrees change in F they jump 1 or 2 degrees F. The omitted F numbers never show up on the display. Living in the USA and living in higher whole number resolution Fahrenheit , I just do not have a good feel for Centigrade.
@mnoxman
@mnoxman 8 жыл бұрын
Impedance according to the data sheet is 31.0k@60%RH excited at 1Khz. If these are put in as one leg of a 31.0K "bridge" you can drive them with a 1khz sine wave and then send the output in to a op amp buffer and then rectify it from there. The op amp can have enough gain to compensate for the diode loss and then it can be read directly with a DMM or ADC input. It means ordering expensive 0.1% resistors though and perhaps "balancing" out an offset.
@AttilaAsztalos
@AttilaAsztalos 8 жыл бұрын
So the million dollar question remains unanswered - did those ones you tested drive the sensors in AC or DC...? :)
@bigclivedotcom
@bigclivedotcom 8 жыл бұрын
On the basis that they are designed for the task and the readings remain stable over time I would guess that they are being run properly.
@beermyster5585
@beermyster5585 8 жыл бұрын
I own a few of these. Great help for tropical plants and exotic animals.
@chester_ville_4066
@chester_ville_4066 2 жыл бұрын
I learned so much in 7 mins thank my good sir..
@qaisarawan93
@qaisarawan93 2 жыл бұрын
A great fan of your videos. Please make a video about the humidity sensors that comes with common xh-m452 temperature humidity controller used in egg incubators. Currently most use this "asair am2120" and it doesn't works for more then 2 weeks.
@mxskelly
@mxskelly 8 жыл бұрын
I thought that they generally worked as capacitors. I know the ones I've seen have open air separating the plates and the changing humidity in the air changes it dielectric properties, therefore changing the capacitance which can then be measured.
@solarguy6043
@solarguy6043 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Clive. Had to find out if these are reliable enough to monitor the humidity for my sneks.
@Elephantine999
@Elephantine999 Жыл бұрын
Great job. Thorough and even authoritative
@dalton6439
@dalton6439 8 жыл бұрын
I have always wanted to know how these worked, thanks.
@theirisheditor
@theirisheditor 8 жыл бұрын
At that price, it would worth ordering 10 and doing the calibration test to cherry pick the most accurate ones. Even the more expensive ones I bought a while back vary several percent from each other when left placed side by side overnight. Great tip about the salt water based calibration. As for distilled water, dehumidifier water makes a good substitute as we use it in the clothes iron, steam cleaner, etc that normal tap water would otherwise leave gunk once evaporated. Going by Amazon, it's surprising how many people fall for the snake oil single-use moisture traps claiming to dehumidify one's home considering they only collect 1-2 litres per refill (which takes several weeks and expensive to buy), compared to 2 to 4 litres per day for a typical electric dehumidifier.
@christiangeiselmann
@christiangeiselmann 8 жыл бұрын
'Dehumidified water'? Let me see that! :-)
@zh84
@zh84 8 жыл бұрын
+Christian Geiselmann I think this means "water collected from the dehumidifier", which as it has been condensed from water vapour is essentially distilled water.
@Ben-bu2jg
@Ben-bu2jg 4 жыл бұрын
Hi, I have bought two hygrometers. When I do the salt Calibration test they have a difference of 10 between them, one reads 76 the other 86, however when they are out the salt test and in the same spot in my room they read more or less the same? Do you know why this might be? Thanks
@MickeyD2012
@MickeyD2012 8 жыл бұрын
Thank you. This is of particular relevance to me right now.
@Wheresmy240
@Wheresmy240 8 жыл бұрын
Great video Clive! Very informative, I've always wondered how those cheap devices measured humidity.
@HektorBandimar
@HektorBandimar 3 жыл бұрын
Useful and interesting video, thank you.
@twocvbloke
@twocvbloke 8 жыл бұрын
The last humidity meter thing I had was a cheap one which came with a thermometer and a clock in a 3-gauge plastic housing, never worked right, especially after I made the spring pop out... :P
@andyalder7910
@andyalder7910 8 жыл бұрын
Clive, On the polarisation of the sensor from using DC, have you ever tried to measure the resistance of silver loaded conductive paint while it's drying? You could make a video of that but you'd have to do several stripes at hourly intervals before measuring the resistances.
@hugebartlett1884
@hugebartlett1884 2 жыл бұрын
I have these things all through the house,all acceptably accurate. Any discrepancy I just take the average. Very useful little devices.
@dadmezz4024
@dadmezz4024 8 жыл бұрын
Always learning something....Thank you!
@anarchist
@anarchist 5 жыл бұрын
1:21 Middle-left: 75% @ 18.5c Bottom-right: 75% @ 19.5c hmm...
@NoferTrunions
@NoferTrunions 8 ай бұрын
WEIRD SENSOR OUTPUT: On a box store portable dehumidifier: Output is 30% all the time. Exhale on the sensor and humidity spikes to about 90%, then for about 30 seconds, slowly decreases to 80%, then stays constant at 80% for about a minute, then display goes from 80 to 30 or 31% instantly and then stays there forever. I think something cracked on the sensor (unit is 12 years old), it's open but under high humidity it "conducts" and produces output. I think the controller has a min display value of 30% no matter how much lower the actual humidity is. What do you think?
@CrashedDreams534
@CrashedDreams534 8 жыл бұрын
if you touch them you can heat them up a bit with the soldering iron while in use until they read right again
@pepper669
@pepper669 8 жыл бұрын
How does the BME280 humidity / pressure / temperature sensor work? I have one and it's advertised to be very accurate. I can confirm that it's very fast and that it has a high resolution (which - I'm aware - is not the same as accuracy).
@PaulMansfield
@PaulMansfield 7 жыл бұрын
It would be great if you could check with an oscilloscope whether these cheap all in one modules correctly use ac on the sensor.
@agvulpine
@agvulpine 8 жыл бұрын
Dear Mr Clive, if you have the time, could you test the various resistors and pads to figure out how to get the temperature to display in Fahrenheit? I see the LCD does have "F" next to the "C", and this LCD does look purpose made for this hygrometer. I'd love if I could meaningfully read the temperature in the U.S! I bought 5. Would buy 20 more if they read in °F.
@yadabub
@yadabub 8 жыл бұрын
In case you didn't figure this out, the typical examples tend to have a couple of pads labeled c/f and if you jumper them together you get Fahrenheit instead of the default Celsius.
@agvulpine
@agvulpine 7 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks! Geez those are tiny pads, I didn't even see them before without a magnifying glass. Lowercase 'c/f' to the very right edge of the board, centered vertically.
@saturn5tony
@saturn5tony 8 жыл бұрын
very cool, thank you for showing me this Clive!
@AlexkWright
@AlexkWright 8 жыл бұрын
If applying a DC voltage across these sensors polarizes them one way or the other.. could that be used as a cheap way to nudge some of the ones you have their closer to accurate?
@markukblackmore
@markukblackmore 8 жыл бұрын
I've often wondered how those work. V cool vid.
@LakeNipissing
@LakeNipissing 8 жыл бұрын
Interesting... I have heard exactly the same thing, but _without_ using salt results in a humidity of 50% in a sealed container. I never tried this to find out if it is true though.
@henninghoefer
@henninghoefer 8 жыл бұрын
The temperatures are even more off... (see 1:38) Shouldn't that be _easier_ to measure reliably?
@DrZipZwan
@DrZipZwan 4 жыл бұрын
I though Iwas only one that spoted always the temp difference....
@JohnSmith-kw6be
@JohnSmith-kw6be 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video. I always wondered how some of these worked. This clarifies and teaches me a lot about them. I wonder how good is their response time and how does their different encasing can affect both the accuracy and response time of it.
@MKhurramAziz
@MKhurramAziz 8 жыл бұрын
If only you made this video 2 months ago clive! I used these little things to make a weather-station and I spent days trying to get it to work correctly, ended up getting the digital sensor modules (DHT modules) and using those instead. It wasn't until later I found that its not very good to drive them using DC.
@SouthwesternEagle
@SouthwesternEagle 8 жыл бұрын
I moved down here to Phoenix, Arizona thinking that the humidity would be between 2% and 35%. NOPE! The humidity during the Summer regularly exceeds 50%! It can get kinda sticky here.
@SardiPax
@SardiPax 8 жыл бұрын
Interesting, thanks Clive. Are there other salts you can use that would have different humidity equalisation points? I wonder if the offset you noticed on some of the devices is linear.
@bigclivedotcom
@bigclivedotcom 8 жыл бұрын
Yes there are other salts that can be used, like lithium chloride, but some are very temperature dependent. The plain old sodium chloride test is the simplest.
@a64738
@a64738 2 жыл бұрын
Boveda brand sells packs with different humidity settings including a 75% and 33% humidity for calibrating humidity meters...
@florianmuller3346
@florianmuller3346 8 жыл бұрын
By the way: You can calibrate the analog ones very easy. Bought a few from china for less than a dollar and they all had a calibration screw in it.
@agfdsa123
@agfdsa123 7 жыл бұрын
So, i) do you know if the above LCD ones suffice? If yes do you know for how long? ii) Do you know if the only analog one in the video is the correct one, "AC"? a) Do you know if it's good enough? If yes do you know for how long?
@baldpig2k12
@baldpig2k12 8 жыл бұрын
timed this visit to KZbin quite well!
@achimgazelle3641
@achimgazelle3641 6 жыл бұрын
Hi, I have the same LCD devices. At the shows the constant 10% humidity. Is the sensor defective or does it have to be calibrated? I have already put airtight in a box and with salt. not much has happened.
@ivansandoval946
@ivansandoval946 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Clive. Is there any chance to reuse the HR202L after getting it wet? Bc I wanna try it into some project and it requires to wash it on a daily basis... in case it's not possible, do you know another idea that could work with it? GREETINGS FROM ARGENTINA!
@bigclivedotcom
@bigclivedotcom 3 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure how well it would last if you got it wet or cleaned it with a detergent. It may lose its accuracy.
@dotes12
@dotes12 8 жыл бұрын
I think that the temperature sensor is required to have a humidity sensor give a relative humidity percentage, so the inaccuracy of both sensors combined causes the RH% to be off by 5-8%
@bigclivedotcom
@bigclivedotcom 8 жыл бұрын
I don't think these units do relative humidity. They seem to vary dramatically with temperature compared to a real RH unit and more accurately mimic a traditional mechanical humidity meter.
@bigclivedotcom
@bigclivedotcom 8 жыл бұрын
I've just checked by replacing one of the thermistors with a variable resistor, and the humidity reading is affected by the temperature, but at zero or below where you'd expect any humidity to show 99% it doesn't. So not what I'd consider actual RH.
@dotes12
@dotes12 8 жыл бұрын
+bigclivedotcom Great idea to check if they're related! That's strange that you got that result though. BTW, I love your videos, thank you for making them!
@lezbriddon
@lezbriddon 8 жыл бұрын
the zoomed pic of the humidity sensors looks like the ones that used to be fixed to the heads in vhs machines
@bennguyen1313
@bennguyen1313 11 ай бұрын
It's interesting how some of these indoor humidity/hygrometer meter/monitors differ in price.. do they all use the same sensors inside? I thought of using my phone, but found that most newer don't have temperature and humidity sensors.. but there are a few that do: Samsung Galaxy Note 3, AGM X2, Galaxy S4, Motorola Moto X, and the Moto X 2nd Generation.
@mirkomueller3412
@mirkomueller3412 8 жыл бұрын
wow, an eye opening video. again so glad i subscribed.
@daylen577
@daylen577 8 жыл бұрын
Hey Clive. I had basic science stuff in school but never really understood the differences between Volts, Watts, Amps etc. Any chance you could do an informational video explaining this like you'd explain it to a 5 year old?
@mybackhurts7020
@mybackhurts7020 3 жыл бұрын
Just got one as a Christmas gift thinking about putting it in my car
@leosedf
@leosedf 8 жыл бұрын
I prefer the digital ones (SHT) from Sensirion. I was using the same method to calibrate my humidor meters.
@christiangeiselmann
@christiangeiselmann 8 жыл бұрын
Am I getting it right that for the little container with salt and water the idea is to take so much of both that in the container there will be a saturated solution of salt in water pluss excess salt that then will act on the surrounding air?
@bigclivedotcom
@bigclivedotcom 8 жыл бұрын
It makes a saturated solution that balances out by either liberating water into the air or drawing it out until the equilibrium of about 75% is achieved.
@numberpirate
@numberpirate 4 жыл бұрын
When they say thin film they actually mean thin film of photoresist on it which is what they use when making microchips. This means the film was put on it when it was part of another 1000 chips on a microchip wafer which are now either 200mm-300mm (8 inch to 12 inch) sized wafers.
@LuneyToonz-lk2de
@LuneyToonz-lk2de 21 күн бұрын
I ordered a few of the mini ones and they don’t seem to come with the crystal modules anymore. One didn’t even have the little temperature sensor bead, just the humidity plate.
@bigclivedotcom
@bigclivedotcom 21 күн бұрын
I'll have to check that out.
@worcesterexchange554
@worcesterexchange554 2 жыл бұрын
I know that this is an old video, but still relavent. I recently bought five of these on ebay. They were cheap, but I expected them to be fairly accurate. However two had an error of -7% and one of -8%. As they work on resistance, do you think that they could be recalibrated by soldering a resistor across them? I have quite a few around so I wouldn't cost me anything. But before I start it would be nice to know if someone has done this and what values to add. This would only work if the voltage needed to be lowered. I don't know of any way to increase the voltage if that is required. I need to raise the displayed value by 7%. (I think that the resistance will decreace with an increase in humidity, so adding a high value resistor in parallel has a chance of working and raising the displayed value.)
@bigclivedotcom
@bigclivedotcom 2 жыл бұрын
It might be worth experimenting with series or parallel resistors. It may end up optimal around a central reading point.
@Planeta1951
@Planeta1951 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Thank you so much.
@PuchMaxi
@PuchMaxi 8 жыл бұрын
Could one perhaps 'calibrate' them using DC for a short while to compensate for the offset and then put the sensor back in?
@Mentorcase
@Mentorcase 8 жыл бұрын
Good thinking.
@SeanBZA
@SeanBZA 8 жыл бұрын
No, the electrolysis damages the film and causes a permanent drift in it, as the copper slowly migrates with time across the film making it change properties. These sensors also drift with time in use, especially if exposed to high humidity ( like over 50%RH) so only have a limited lifetime in humid areas. You cannot make a cheap humidity sensor with a long life, no way to do so. There are more expensive ones that are rated to survive condensation, but they are never going to be 99c buys. As well if you want 1% accuracy then you will be buying a unit with motors, fans and peltier coolers in it that actually gets the proper dew point of the air and then calculates humidity from that, or has a wet and dry bulb in an air stream.
@PuchMaxi
@PuchMaxi 8 жыл бұрын
That makes sense. Just compensate for the offset in software then.
@jabacon5866
@jabacon5866 8 жыл бұрын
Seems to be as accurate and good as the £15 or so one I got for my cigar humidor.
@t0nito
@t0nito 8 жыл бұрын
The temperature readings are all different from each other inside the container too.
@bigclivedotcom
@bigclivedotcom 8 жыл бұрын
Yes, the temperature sensing is very random on these units. Like it was grudgingly included as a bonus.
@krustysnakeeyes3361
@krustysnakeeyes3361 8 жыл бұрын
Clive just saying you need a twitter and if you have one can I follow it ^-^ (sorry if I seem rude asking)
@zh84
@zh84 8 жыл бұрын
I was struck by the similarity between the hygrometer component and the infamous Cheap Shitty Pink USB Charger From China. Both depend on wires with a very small separation. Presumably the Cheap Shitty Pink USB Charger detects humidity by shorting the USB power to the mains and burning out whatever is plugged into it.
@askassk
@askassk 8 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately you left without telling us how the cheap sensors measure the resistance. :( Have you had a look at it? Is it a square (how precisely is the duty cycle of 50% reached) or have they got some kinda analogue oscillator?!
@laertica
@laertica 2 жыл бұрын
Are these little units resettable? After you bring them to 75%, is there a reset button than allows you to make it read correctly? I could not tell if there was a reset button when you took it apart. Enjoyed your video. Thanks
@bigclivedotcom
@bigclivedotcom 2 жыл бұрын
There's no calibration feature on them.
@laertica
@laertica 2 жыл бұрын
@@bigclivedotcom Thank you for the clarification
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