Zero percent humidity

Chris Gregg cdgregg@telus.net
Fri, 09 Jan 2004 09:53:21 -0700


My only comment is that if you have extremes in humidity as indicated by 
the fluctuation apparent in a piano's performance, it is good to have an 
accurate instrument to back up your findings.

Chris Gregg

At 06:42 AM 1/9/2004, you wrote:





>I agree - a low cost 3% accuracy instrument should be fine for tracking
>changes in humidity in a customer's home over time.  For use in a
>customer's home, I would argue that it is the repeatability that is more
>important than the actual accuracy of the instrument.  Sensor linearity is
>also important but no matter what the sensor make-up, all sensors start to
>become non-linear at the extreme ends of the scale (as has already been
>discussed).
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>Practically speaking, you want to pay for an instrument with reasonable
>accuracy (3-5% full-scale) and even better repeatability (0.5 to 1%
>full-scale).  An instrument at this level can be purchased in the $50 to
>$100 range.  I don't see a need to purchase anything more expensive for use
>in tracking humidity levels in a customer's home.
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>Corte Swearingen
>Chicago
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>Hi humidity freaks :)
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>Just curious... shop use for building is one thing, but in advising
>customers at home, DC use, and other less critical applications... I
>generally just have one of those 5 dollar digi-hygrometers in my bag.
>Supposed to be good for +/- 3 % RH in the range of 23% to 90 %. I
>generally point out that anything  under 30 % is just plain too dry, and
>anything over 70% is just plain to wet.
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>Is there any reason for needing more accuracy in these kinds of
>instances that I should know about ?
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>Cheers
>RicB
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>Farrell wrote:
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> > What kind of an instrument are you using to measure RH @ less than 20%?
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> > Terry Farrell
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