Re: Humidifier to reduce need for Heating

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nick Pine wrote:

> Yes. You might say "efficient humidifiers" like green plants or wet clothes
> on an indoor clothesline use no energy to get water vapor into house air,
> BUT it still takes heat energy to evaporate the water. That energy has to
> come from somewhere, in this case the house heating system. 
> 
> This wouldn't be a big deal, if we only had to evaporate the water once, but
> houses are not airtight. As moist indoor air leaks out and dry outdoor air
> leaks in, we have to keep evaporating water in order to humidify house air.

It's still frugal to humidify the house - at least for me.  I have had two
nose bleeds so far this year and have started to run an ultrasonic humidifier
in my office to prevent them.  Low humidity seems to cause me all kinds of
problems - stuffed up nose, nose bleeds and a cough like a smoker.

I'm not sure WHY this happens, but a woman in the office next to me suggested
humidification - and loaned me the humidifier.  The problems went away last
year and seem to have gone away this year as well.  

It's cheaper to humidify the house and waste a little energy than to make
a trip ( or several trips ) to the doctor to fix a preventable problem.