Cant Drop Humidity

yeah i will get patient with time im sure...if anyone can just make my temps sit right and even more just make my humidity to drop to 55% then i can go get him/her tomorrow...this will be much appreciated...i will give directions to my house...lol

have you calibrated ur gauge? Its very simple to calibrate and adjust. take a teaspoon of salt and put it in a soda bottle cap. dampin it with a spray bottle. place your meter and bottle cap in a rubbermaid container, make sure it is sealed properly. it isn't a bad idea to put that one in another one. let sit for a few hours. the reading should be 75%. table salt always has a reading of 75% RH. then just use a small screw driver to adjust the difference. clockwise lifts it up counterclockwise is the oppisite.

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Originally Posted by mikehorton

have you calibrated ur gauge? Its very simple to calibrate and adjust. take a teaspoon of salt and put it in a soda bottle cap. dampin it with a spray bottle. place your meter and bottle cap in a rubbermaid container, make sure it is sealed properly. it isn't a bad idea to put that one in another one. let sit for a few hours. the reading should be 75%. table salt always has a reading of 75% RH. then just use a small screw driver to adjust the difference. clockwise lifts it up counterclockwise is the oppisite.

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Really??? Wow. I had no idea those things could be (or needed to be!) calibrated! You talking about the digial ones like Acu-rite?

most of them are pre calibrated from the factory i believe. its not a bad idea to check them ever 6 months or so. It couldn't hurt. I think if you use the salt test with the adjustment that it will void the warrenty though. I believe that a digital can be adjusted. maybe not sorry. I'm going from cigar experience that my girlfriends dad taught me. lol

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Originally Posted by JLC

One thing to remember is that you will have your BP for the next twenty to thirty years...or longer!! So waiting a few more days...an extra week or two...or even longer...is a small sacrifice in the greater scheme of things.

Ball Pythons will seriously introduce you to a world of "hurry up and wait!"
--Wait to get one
--Wait for that first successful feed
--Wait for that first shed
--Wait for that first poop
--Wait for it to grow up bigger
(and if you end up like SO many of us here)
--Wait 'til you can get a mate for it
--Wait until they both reach sexual maturity
--Wait for the right time to begin the breeding cycle
--Wait for folicles
--Wait for ovulation
--Wait for eggs to be laid
--Wait for babies to hatch
--Wait for babies' first sheds
--Wait for babies to eat

wait wait wait wait.....if you say (or spell!) that word enough times, it doesn't even seem like a real word anymore....

(I need to go to bed! LOL)

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Grrrr... I know what you're saying... I get mine to eat the first time offered. That was a month ago. He hasn't eaten since. "Hurry up" is an understatement. LOL