Maximum Comfortminder - Manual

INSTALLATION/OPERATION
COMFORTMINDER
INSTRUCTIONS
INTRODUCTION:
Please read these instructions carefully before installing your COMFORTMINDER indicator. We have prepared
them carefully, knowing that some owners will use this instrument in a variety of areas for a variety of purposes –
greenhouse control, central air conditioning and heat monitoring, furniture protection, general comfort conditions
etc.
INITIAL ACTIVATION (HUMIDITY):
Before installation, place your indicator with its face down on a soft surface so as not to scratch the finish. Locate
a cloth, such as a dish towel or face cloth, wet it and wring it out so it is not dripping wet and lay it over the back
of the indicator for at least one half hour. Do not be concerned with the relative humidity reading at the end of
this time. Wipe any residual moisture off the back of the indicator when removing the cloth.
This procedure should only have to be done once, unless the COMFORTMINDER is to be used in areas of
persistently low humidities – that is, long periods where humidity is less than 40-45% RH. Once this activation
procedure is completed it may be several hours before COMFORTMINDER settles out to actual room conditions.
We include this initial “activation process” in our instructions because we often do not know where your
instrument has been and for how long, prior to your purchase. This procedure is for the humidity portion of
COMFORTMINDER only, and will not affect the temperature element or damage it.
INSTALLATION:
Your COMFORTMINDER indicator is easy to install. It is the actual location of the indicator that should take
some consideration. Simply put, the humidity sensing element of COMFORTMINDER is an absorption rather
than an evaporative device. Therefore actual air circulation is not vital to accuracy, but it will enhance response
rate.
The temperature element is a durable high quality Bi-metallic spring which is thermally coupled to the instrument
housing to attain as closely as possible, the average temperature in the area being monitored. Keeping this
information in mind, try to locate the indicator on a wall that will demonstrate, as closely as possible, the average
temperature and humidity in the area that is to be monitored – not on a cold outside wall or a wall with a heating
pipe or vent behind it or under it.
COMFORTMINDER can be mounted outdoors if it does not come in direct contact with moisture – spray, rain,
etc. Nor should it be used in direct sunlight, which could cause erroneous temperature readings. Pla ce indicator
on the wall you have chosen and using the supplied brass screws, fasten to surface but do not snug down tightly.
Your indicator is designed to be spaced slightly off the wall. This space is controlled by the three spacers
mounted on the back of the indicator. These spacers, not the lip of the indicator, will make contact with the wall.
Once mounted, this space will hardly be noticeable.
HELPFUL COMMENTS & INFORMATION
* Lightly tap the instrument when reading.
* COMFORTMINDER should net need any maintenance (regeneration) unless as