Purchased this new station a couple months ago and the humidity will not read above 82% even in heavy fog. Is there any remedy for this other than getting another thermohygro sensor? Contacted lacrosse support and was just told to use new batts and restart. Their guarantee States I send faulty one to them and pay shipping of which they either send refurbished or new replacement. I would be out of pocket plus without my up and running station for awhile with that condition.
Mine have read from around 10% to 98% Outdoor Humidity (<30%RH extremely rare here, usual is 60-90+%). Don't think I've ever seen 100% in a fog. Most recent some ~96% with Hurricane Harvey close by.
Per the CWOP/MADIS quals the whole system is and has been, pretty well in line with their comparables, pretty accurate.
Overall, I've liked the system, except for a few quirks. But the sync process can be aggravating, but not every time...
Original outdoor T/H/hub unit went bad after about 18 months (the humidity), ordered a replacement and it's still going.
The anemometer lost sync a couple months ago, couldn't get it to run again (suspect battery corrosion, will try to fix).
Bought a whole WS2813 refurb'd system as it was cheaper than buying more parts regularly, so far so good. Conclude reliability could be better.
I suspect intermittent RFI on the console to PC USB link (lots of stray RF here :] ), but it's not practical ATT to troubleshoot.
The HeavyWeather and WUHU software is solid, has a lot of settings and options if you dig around.
Guess it's too simple for the purists, but it gets by. May eventually upgrade to something fancier, but no hurry (that D brand seems to have it's own set of 'quirks and probs')
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You'd think somebody could design and produce a bulletproof system for a reasonable cost today.