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    Quote Originally Posted by Slim View Post
    Here's your problem. You're not measuring the ambient humidity if the probe is under the moist substrate. I can almost guarantee you the ambient humidity is not 82%.
    The probe doesn't measure humidity. ;-)

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    Re: Newb with high humidity problem

    Quote Originally Posted by rabernet View Post
    The probe doesn't measure humidity. ;-)
    That is an excellent point, and one I completely missed...

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    I placed the probe under the substrate, from what I've read, the probe only measures " outside" temp, the thermometer unit is what measures the humidity. Is that wrong?

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    Re: Newb with high humidity problem

    Quote Originally Posted by Ashpd2006 View Post
    I placed the probe under the substrate, from what I've read, the probe only measures " outside" temp, the thermometer unit is what measures the humidity. Is that wrong?
    No, you're right. I'm the one who had it backwards. My bad
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    Re: Newb with high humidity problem

    Congrats on your new pet, I'm a new 1st time owner too. I had my girl on cypress mulch at first and had the same issue: humidity ranging from high 70s to 80s. I scooped out all the cypress and left paper towels down, and voila, humidity 57-58% ever since then. And now I know if the humidity drops, I can throw in a handful of cypress to steam it up a little! Hope that helps.

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