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Re: Hygrometers

Author: Djudy
Date: 2021-02-27 13:22

My office/music room convection (hot water) radiator is stuck off but the distribution pipes pass through the floor and the temperature is 19-20°C all winter (mild weather usually in low-altitude-sort-of-to-the-south-of France). I keep the door closed and humidify with a unit suggested by my guitar luthier, a 5L baby room humidifier with an automatic setting. I keep it on a low output and 50% trigger. Sometimes I use a fan that I have anyway for our very hot summers. It just kicks in whenever necessary. Humidity readings are between 48 and 55% for a 50% setting and very consistant across the digital meters and in the cases (got some neat mini-meters from earspasm). This seems to do the trick and once I am in the room to work or play clarinet, humidity also goes up. Too bad for the cats ! Their long coats need daily brushing and we get a lot of uncomfortable sparks doing that but they are NOT allowed in the music room !

And just a thought : once upon a time I saw a dried plant material hygrometer that curled and uncurled quite dramatically as humidity changed. This seems like such a good visual, so easy to read even from a distance, I'd love to find one of these again (or make one) if anybody remembers how this is done and what plant material to use.

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