WTH would something need a minimum % humidity?

[imzjustplayin]

I was looking at the specs of a monitor and it said the range was 8% to 95% humidity, but seriously, what the hell. Why does this monitor need water in the air exactly? Long as the temperature is up, shouldn't it be able to function?

 

[UrielDagda]

Low humidity can generate static electricity and, as far as general operation, I suppose it could become so dry that it creates a problem with the solder, wires, glues etc, becoming dried out and brittle.

 

[chameleoneel]

you likely will never have to worry about minimum humidity. I live in Alaska where it is dry as hell and all of my stuff works fine. you just have to be careful when plugging stuff in. the other day a friend of mine inserted a USB flash drive into his laptop the other day and blew out all of his USB ports.

 

[imzjustplayin]

you likely will never have to worry about minimum humidity. I live in Alaska where it is dry as hell and all of my stuff works fine. you just have to be careful when plugging stuff in. the other day a friend of mine inserted a USB flash drive into his laptop the other day and blew out all of his USB ports.

so how can you be careful about that?

 

[Rev Lemmon]

so how can you be careful about that?

Ground youself before you touch and electronics or just discharge the excess static.

 

[E.T]

I suppose it could become so dry that it creates a problem with the solder, wires, glues etc, becoming dried out and brittle.

Definitely not, you're now messing temperature with humidity.

Actually humidity is problem for coming organic LED displays because water damages/destroys those organic compounds so panels have to be sealed very well.

so how can you be careful about that?

Ground yourself before doing something with sensitive electronics.
Probably most easily done by touching some metal enclosure (grounding mandatory for those) electric appliance. Other option are radiators, both electric and those of central heating.

I live in Alaska where it is dry as hell...

Ah, finally another "northerner". (61.6° N here)
There's hardly any people on English language forums living as north as Finland.

Now isn't it the best part when wool clothes "zap" you when taking them off?
(like sweater zapping ears)

 

[Relentence]

Actually humidity is problem for coming organic LED displays because water damages/destroys those organic compounds so panels have to be sealed very well.

That's not encouraging. They can't even seal current LCD models well enough to stop the backlight from bleeding out all over the place.

 

[BinarySynapse]

That's not encouraging. They can't even seal current LCD models well enough to stop the backlight from bleeding out all over the place.

Light != moisture. Think about it, LCD's are made of millions of teeny tiny pockets of liquid crystal. If they leaked all over the place you'd have a blurry jumbled mess of a monitor. Just look around for photos of people who have cracked their panels.

 

[chameleoneel]

Definitely not, you're now messing temperature with humidity.

Actually humidity is problem for coming organic LED displays because water damages/destroys those organic compounds so panels have to be sealed very well.


Ground yourself before doing something with sensitive electronics.
Probably most easily done by touching some metal enclosure (grounding mandatory for those) electric appliance. Other option are radiators, both electric and those of central heating.


Ah, finally another "northerner". (61.6° N here)
There's hardly any people on English language forums living as north as Finland.

Now isn't it the best part when wool clothes "zap" you when taking them off?
(like sweater zapping ears)

yeah, or getting any clothes out of the dryer. turning on light switches, cable boxes, door knobs...

 

[E.T]

yeah, or getting any clothes out of the dryer. turning on light switches, cable boxes, door knobs...

Or combing hairs in dark and seeing those small sparks, trying to keep in touch with something metal all the time while walking because otherwise "zapps" start to hurt...

Too bad "global AC" is malfunctioning and looks like real winters are pretty much over in here.
(+ 5C/9F sea surface temperature anomaly on Arctic Sea for second winter in row)