Hygrometers & Psychrometers

Applications

Besides greenhouses and industrial spaces, hygrometers are also used in some saunas, humidors and museums.

In residential settings, hygrometers are used to aid humidity control (too low humidity damages human skin and body, while too high humidity favours growth of mildew and dust mite).

The sling or motorized psychrometer is used in meteorology, and in the HVAC industry for proper refrigerant charging of residential and commercial air conditioning systems.

Psychrometers are also used in the coating industry. The application of paint is very sensitive to humidity and dew point.

With a growing demand on the amount of measurements taken the psychrometer is now replaced by a dewpoint gauge known as a Dewcheck. These devices make measurements a lot faster but are often not allowed in explosive environments.

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