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4 Reasons You Should Measure Humidity

Alyssa Hensler — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 18:44:34 +0000

We often don’t think about the effects that relative humidity can have. It doesn’t stand out the way that the temperature of a room does, where a person might have to turn on a fan or turn up a heater. In fact, relative humidity is crucial to promoting good indoor air quality and is important …

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What to Consider When Selecting a Humidity Transmitter

Frank Caporale — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:00:46 +0000

Proper selection and use of relative humidity (RH) sensors are important factors in designing and building a reliable, economical HVAC system. Over the years humidity control has been getting even greater attention because of its positive impact on indoor air quality (IAQ). The importance of humidity measurement and control can mean different things depending on …

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Capacitance Polymer Humidity Sensors

Andrew Goldschmidt — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 14:52:50 +0000

Humidity sensors are one of the most common types of sensors used for HVAC equipment and building management systems. With proper humidity monitoring, energy efficiency of a building can be improved. By using environmental conditions in conjunction with an economizer to reduce the building load, cool outside air is used to cool the indoor space of a building. …

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What is electrostatic discharge and how can it be prevented?

Andrew Goldschmidt — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:46:35 +0000

At one point or another we have all been exposed to some form of an electrostatic discharge (ESD) event, even something as simple as walking across a carpeted space, touching a door knob, and receiving an unexpected jolt. These types of events are very common in instrumentation applications. Today we will discuss what ESD is, …

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Mystery Solved! Dwyer Solves the Wall Mount- Relative Humidity Error Problem

Robert Moss — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:52:28 +0000

Wall mount humidity sensors for building automation system (BAS) applications are produced and sold by several different companies and have a reputation of poor accuracy despite specifications from suppliers. There is a rational reason why these instruments appear to read outside of their stated accuracy, which in turn causes users to be frustrated with the …

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