However both of them are different in terms of how it works.
Hvac wet bulb thermometer.
It s the tool that is used to measure relative humidity.
It is instead the temperature read by a special thermometer that is wrapped in water soaked fabric and ventilated.
Indoor wet bulb measurement is useful for figurin.
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Despite what you might think at first wet bulb temperature has nothing to do with light bulbs.
Clip to return vents for indoor wet bulb temperature great for target superheat calculations.
This thermometer is part of a device called a psychrometer.
There are three types of psychrometer.
The atwb1 k type wet bulb thermocouple can clip to hvac r equipment for convenient placement and hands free testing.
In fact wet bulb temperature is the temperature a damp thermometer bulb will read when exposed to a 900 fpm feet per minute air stream.
When air passes over the cloth to evaporate the water the evaporative cooling shows the wet bulb temperature on the thermometer.
Wet the durable sock and clip to evaporator filters for indoor wet bulb great for finding target evaporator exit temperature.
Kung fu maintenance demonstrates how to test indoor wet bulb temperature idwb measure for air conditioners.
The wet bulb temperature is the lowest temperature that can be reached under current ambient conditions by the evaporation of water only.
A wet bulb thermometer indicates a temperature close to the true thermodynamic wet bulb temperature.
Analog sling and digital.
If you have ever seen someone using a sling psychrometer that is exactly what is happening hopefully you have a wrist that is well calibrated to 900 fpm.
The psychrometer does measure relative humidity by utilizing two thermometers called dry bulb and wet bulb.
The wet bulb temperature of air is also measured by the ordinary thermometer but the only difference is that the bulb of the thermometer is covered by the wet cloth.
But why do we care about this measurement.