GoneForLunch
Hatchling Member
So, turns out my humidity gauge is awful. First little while seemed to work just fine, but now the rain has been rolling in around my house. Couple flood warnings and high winds, so the rain is coming down heavily. My house isn't perfect, so humidity comes in. My gauge can't handle it or something. It read 54% humidity (which I know is too high, i'll get to that in a second) but by the time I got from the door to his cage, which is maybe 3 steps, it read 48%. And I put a fan in his cage, propped up on his hide and angled out of it cage. To try and suck humidity out and create and airflow. This made it go from 51% to 53% ... nothing is making sense with this thing. I'm just calling it useless at this point. Humidity has been no issue until these rains have come in so heavily. It use to be 35-40% all the time. No matter what. I need to find a way to drop and handle the humidity. The camping fan and even overhead ceiling fan did nothing to help as far as the gauge read. But again, I don't really want to trust the gauge. I need to find a nicer gauge, but I don't have a million dollars so I'm looking for the cheapest I can get without sacrificing quality. Also, I would like to get a dehumidifier. A friend has one that turns itself on and off by using a sensor, turning on when humidity is too high (say 45%) and off when it's good (closer to 35%). But looking online, that thing wasn't cheap. Luckily for him it was around the house, not being used. But same as the gauge, I want cheap but quality. So the cheapest I can get without getting one that is just as useless as not having one.
So, long story short here's the TLDR (too long, didn't read) :
I need a new humidity gauge, and i'm debating a dehumidifier as well to control this humidity. Any suggestions on brands that work best? Or a cheaper way to solve this humidity crisis. I just don't want to end up with an RI on my hands or something.
So, long story short here's the TLDR (too long, didn't read) :
I need a new humidity gauge, and i'm debating a dehumidifier as well to control this humidity. Any suggestions on brands that work best? Or a cheaper way to solve this humidity crisis. I just don't want to end up with an RI on my hands or something.