This reported issue doesn't sound like something that can be validated, fixed and tested quickly, even assuming that any fix is possible. Add into the mix that Davis are, I suspect, very busy with other priorities right now and this issue might have to take its place in the queue (at least beyond that some bland statement that Davis are looking into the report and maybe some updated maintenance advice).
Well, as long as we're discussing Davis' priorities, I'd hope they'd appreciate how inaccurate humidity readings affect their largest client base in the U.S., namely agriculture. Why do farmers buy these stations if not mainly to measure evapotranspiration? You can't measure ET accurately when humidity is well off the mark (sometimes by 10% or more) during the peak of summer when irrigation needs are most acute.
The reality could - but only could, I emphasise - be that users needing real accuracy and long-term stability in RH readings should consider buying eg a Vaisala station (and a suitable maintenance contract).
So you propose, in the absence of a meaningful solution from Davis, that VP2 owners pay 5-10x more so we can have something approaching the specifications we were given when we bought the Davis station?
Here are some other requirements you failed to mention that come with owning Vaisala or equivalent stations:
- Those stations are almost certainly incompatible with existing consumer-grade weather software requiring you to buy and learn less user-friendly software
- Owners will need to know or learn database programming so they can import current weather stats into the new software
- Owners also have to develop custom software to send the new station's data to CWOP, Weather Underground, etc
- Most truly professional grade stations (not the all-in-one stations meant for marine or other applications) require separate runs of power and low voltage cable to the weather station. Sorry folks, wireless costs even more and involves satellite or cellular data contracts!
- Part replacements are going to cost hundreds, if not thousands of dollars
This is not a
realistic solution for the vast majority of members on this forum.
No, unfortunately, the "realistic" solution is only available to those comfortable with DIY electronics projects. We're knee deep in posts describing that process now and we're waiting for results. For the average person unwilling or unable to tear things apart and solve other people's problems themselves, they are very likely screwed unless Davis can miraculously come through. That's the plain truth. And Davis had better hope against hope that one of their big buyers doesn't figure out the lay of the land.