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A sling psychrometer is used to measure relative humidity and air temperature. It contains a dry bulb and wet bulb thermometer. To take a reading, the reservoir is filled with water and the psychrometer is swung for 30 seconds to circulate air around the bulbs. The dry bulb reads air temperature while the wet bulb, cooled by evaporation, reads lower. Subtracting the wet bulb from dry bulb gives the depression, which can be used with the dry bulb reading on a conversion chart to find relative humidity.

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Sling

A sling psychrometer is used to measure relative humidity and air temperature. It contains a dry bulb and wet bulb thermometer. To take a reading, the reservoir is filled with water and the psychrometer is swung for 30 seconds to circulate air around the bulbs. The dry bulb reads air temperature while the wet bulb, cooled by evaporation, reads lower. Subtracting the wet bulb from dry bulb gives the depression, which can be used with the dry bulb reading on a conversion chart to find relative humidity.

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Using A Sling Psychrometer (Aka Hygrometer)

For measuring relative humidity and air temperature.

Dry Bulb

Wet Bulb

Water
reservoir Wick

Handle

1) Fill the reservoir with good quality water, replace cap and allow a few
minutes for the wick to become completely damp.
2) While the wick is still damp, hold the handle and swing the
psychrometer around for approximately 30seconds. This is to allow
ambient air to circulate around the thermometers (‘bulbs’).
3) Read the temperatures on both the dry and wet bulbs. The wet bulb will
typically have a lower temperature. As this will rise, it is important to
take the reading quickly. If you think the temperature may have risen
before your reading, go back to step 2. The dry bulb value can be used
as a value for air temperature.
4) Subtract the wet-bulb temperature from the dry-bulb temperature. This
is your ‘depression of the wet bulb’ value.
5) Look up the conversion chart. First, look for your dry-bulb temperature,
then look to find your depression of the wet bulb value. The value at
this intersection point is the relative humidity. Please note that may be a
different scale on part of the table.

Example: Dry bulb = 23, Wet bulb = 17.5


Depression of the wet bulb value = 5.5
From the table, Relative humidity = 58%

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