How Dew Point Is Calculated By Room Alert

There are different ways to calculate dew point. More complex formulas are more precise, but require more processing power. Simpler dew point formulas require less processing power and time, but are less granular.

Monitoring Dew Point in the Room Alert Monitor web interface

The Room Alert Monitor uses a simpler calculation to monitor dew point. This simpler formula allows the single on-board processor to continue with other calculations for the unit’s other sensors.

The Room Alert Monitor calculates dew point only when the relative humidity is over 45%. Humidity levels below 45% do not have any serious impact on dew point. Likewise, the moisture content in the air at those levels should not have any negative impact on equipment or people.

If dew point is less critical for you than other environment factors, using the Room Alert Monitor web interface to alert and report dew point is sufficient.

Monitoring Dew Point in your Room Alert Account

Your account at RoomAlert.com, on the other hand, calculates dew point with a more complex (and thus, more precise) formula. It uses the processing power of the many servers providing the RoomAlert.com service to do so.

Unlike your Room Alert Monitor, your Room Alert Account is able to calculate the precise dew point across the entire temperature and humidity range.

We encourage users in a sensitive environment who need an exact dew point calculation to use their Room Alert Account for dew point alerting and reporting.