Acurite digital thermometer

[mrkrec]

I just got mine, and am not familiar with the max/min setup...anyone else have one of these? I am confused and feel silly asking how this thing works..what temperature am I reading to get the tank temp?

[The Serpent Merchant]

many people on here use them.

make sure you have it set to display both temperatures and humidity like so:



The "OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE" is the probe

The "INDOOR TEMP" is the thermometer inside the box (under the display)

The "HUMIDITY" is the humidity sensor inside the box (under the display) as well.

The best way to set these up is to place the probe under/over the heat source on the hot side (depends if you are using a heat lamp or UTH)

then place the box on the cool side to measure the cool side temperatures/humidity.

Like this:

The box is on the cool side



The probe is directly over the UTH

[mrkrec]

many people on here use them.

make sure you have it set to display both temperatures and humidity like so:



The "OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE" is the probe

The "INDOOR TEMP" is the thermometer inside the box (under the display)

The "HUMIDITY" is the humidity sensor inside the box (under the display) as well.

The best way to set these up is to place the probe under/over the heat source on the hot side (depends if you are using a heat lamp or UTH)

then place the box on the cool side to measure the cool side temperatures/humidity.

Like this:

The box is on the cool side



The probe is directly over the UTH

Yeah I am getting different readings between this gauge and my other digital gauge...acurite says 29...the other says 41

[The Serpent Merchant]

Which reading on the act-rite is it? the probe or the outdoor or indoor? and what other thermometer are you using? does it have a probe?

Are you measuring in Fahrenheit or Celsius? what do you thing the actual temperature is?

[mrkrec]

Which reading on the act-rite is it? the probe or the outdoor or indoor? and what other thermometer are you using? does it have a probe?

Are you measuring in Fahrenheit or Celsius? what do you thing the actual temperature is?

It seems to have settled down now and the humidity is reading 47..the ambient temp is saying 80 for the probe in the tank..and I have a zoomed digital thermometer

[The Serpent Merchant]

Probe placement makes a big difference, plus they take some time before they get up to the actual temperature.

[kitedemon]

I have never found accurites to be accurate at all. I have owned 3 two returned as they were outside manufacturers tolerances (more than 2ºF high or low and more than 20% RH (high or low) the third one I was inside barley and I gave it anyway. Digital hygrometers take time to read properly hours, I believe, according to the specs. Definitely more than 30 min in any case. They are slow altering, it maybe nothing more than time and the expected deviation of this style of unit.