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Old 08-22-2025, 02:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Teed_Off View Post
Maintaining your relative humidity level between 39 and 47% is somewhat out of range for residential a/c systems in central Florida. Probably need to recalibrate your hygrometers. I needed to do so every six months or so when I felt the need to track RH for my satisfaction. Now I can read it on my programmable t-stat app, but I’m not convinced that it’s accurate.
I also keep my house at 79 degrees F during the day and 77 at night, but my RH is between 58 and 62% when I disable the humidity control feature.
I actually have 4 hygrometers spread around the house. One is part of a weather station that tracks the outdoor and indoor conditions. Two of them I have had for 8 years that are strictly measuring indoor conditions. Recently, I added another indoor unit. I am very certain that my humidity measurements are accurate, as they have never deviated more than about 2 percent from the others. If you are measuring indoor humidity, I recommend using at least two hygrometers because they are not as accurate as a thermometer.