Calibration and maintenance – Vaisala HM34 User Manual

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3. CALIBRATION AND MAINTENANCE

Calibration and maintenance of the meter should be performed

at regular intervals which depend on the conditions of use and

the desired accuracy, but at least once a year. A one point

calibration may be performed for the HM34 meter by adjusting

the trimmer potentiometer marked "DRY" (Fig. 2). This field

calibration can be performed against a calibrated Vaisala humid-

ity meter. For a higher-accuracy two-point calibration use a

Vaisala HMK11 calibrator and saturated salt solutions as de-

scribed in the Operating Manual of the HMK11. The calibration

is done first for the dry end and then for the wet end by adjusting

trimmer potentiometers "DRY" and "WET" respectively. The

potentiometers are located under the protective lid of the battery

compartment (Fig. 2).
Replacing the sensors
When you replace a defective H-sensor package with a new one,

make sure you handle the package with care. After installation,

calibrate the humidity sensor. If the "WET" trimmer potentiometer

has not been adjusted from its factory setting, a one point

calibration is sufficient. Otherwise, perform a two point calibra-

tion with an HMK11 calibrator. Replacement of the Pt 100
temperature sensor requires no recalibration.

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