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COMFORT CONTROL – Thermo-Hygrometer
Thank you for choosing this instrument from TFA.
Before you use this product
• Please make sure you read the instruction manual carefully.
• Following and respecting the instructions in your manual will prevent damage to your
instrument and loss of your statutory rights arising from defects due to incorrect use.
• We shall not be liable for any damage occurring as a result of non-following of these
instructions. Likewise, we take no responsibility for any incorrect readings or for any
consequences resulting from them.
• Please pay particular attention to the safety notices!
• Please keep this instruction manual safe for future reference.
Delivery contents
• Digital thermo-hygrometer
• Stand
• 2 x 1,5 V AA batteries
• Instruction manual
For your safety
• This product is exclusively intended for the field of application described above. It should
only be used as described within these instructions.
• Unauthorised repairs, modifications or changes to the product are prohibited.
Caution!
Risk of injury:
• Keep this device and the batteries out of reach of children.
• Small parts can be swallowed by children (under three years old).
• Batteries contain harmful acids and may be hazardous if swallowed. If a battery is swal-
lowed, this can lead to serious internal burns and death within two hours. If you suspect
a battery could have been swallowed or otherwise caught in the body, seek medical help
immediately.
• Batteries must not be thrown into a fire, short-circuited, taken apart or recharged. Risk
of explosion!
• Low batteries should be changed as soon as possible to prevent damage caused by leaking.
• Never use a combination of old and new batteries together, nor batteries of different
types.
• Avoid contact with skin, eyes and mucous membranes when handling leaking batteries.
In case of contact, immediately rinse the affected areas with water and consult a doctor.
Important information on product safety!
• Do not expose the device to extreme temperatures, vibrations or shocks.
• Protect it from moisture.
Field of operation and all the benefits of your new instrument at a glance
• Room temperature
• Indoor relative air humidity
• Maximum and minimum values
• Dew point
• Acoustic and optical alarm function in case of risk of mould
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COMFORT CONTROL – Thermo-Hygrometer
The electronic COMFORT CONTROL Thermo-Hygrometer is an ideal measuring instru-
ment for checking room ambient conditions.
Excessive room-air humidity can damage your health and promotes the formation of
damp patches and mould.
But excessively dry room air can also affect our well-being and health in various
respects. Skin, mucous membranes and airways are adversely affected and pets, house-
plants, wooden flooring and antique furniture may also suffer.
Active heating and ventilation can help achieve a comfortable and healthy living envi-
ronment and may even save you heating costs.
The interaction of temperature and air humidity:
If the room air is too humid, ventilation would at first appear nonsensical in the winter,
when the outside air is also cold, damp and just as humid.
Cold air however, can absorb little or no moisture. When this air enters the living areas
it becomes warmer. And then the air can absorb much more water vapour. After just a
few minutes of giving a room an airing, you can see on the digital display how the rela-
tive humidity goes down.
Dew-point:
This interdependency of temperature and relative humidity is expressed by means of the
dew-point:
If the air is cooled continuously at constant absolute humidity, then the relative
humidity will steadily increase up to a maximum of 100%. If the air is cooled further,
then the excess water vapour is separated out in the form of water droplets.
If the measuring unit indicates an air temperature of 20° C and a relative humidity of
65%, then the dew-point temperature will be 13.2° C. What does that mean? That the air,
for instance in your bedroom, will condense and form water droplets at all points on
walls and ceilings that are cooler than 13.2° C, and that this may later lead to patches of
mould or damp.
If the air is at a relative humidity of say 40%, then the dew-point temperature is only
6 °C. The walls and ceilings would therefore have to be significantly colder for the air to
reach its dew-point and for water droplets to form.
How to achieve the correct temperature and air humidity:
Tips for active heating and ventilation:
• Check the dew-point! Surfaces of walls should not fall below a temperature of 15° C!
• Do not turn the heating completely off when going out.
• Ventilate in all weather conditions, even if it's raining.
• Open the windows for a short time (room airing). A partially open window, for instance in
the tilted position, does not have the desired effect, wastes heating energy and can even
promote the formation of mould.
• If the room air is too dry, particularly in wintertime, then electrical air humidifiers are rec-
ommended, since airing at low outside temperatures will tend to decrease the humidity
further.
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