Re: Humidifier to reduce need for Heating

Don Ocean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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>> >Fringe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> >>I recently read an article on MSN about increasing humidity to save on
>> >>heating since the body can tolerate lower temperature better if humidity is
>> >>higher.
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>> >Sounds like bad advice. Where did you find this article? It is true you can
>> >turn down the thermostat a few degrees if the house air is more humid, but
>> >it takes energy to evaporate water, and making the house air more humid with
>> >a humidifier almost always costs more in heat energy than you save by turning
>> >down the thermostat. A perfectly airtight house would be an exception, but
>> >it wouldn't need a humidifier :-)
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>> Nick is right.  It takes a substantial amount of energy to change water from a
>> liquid state into a vapor.  Swamp coolers cool desert dwellings just by
>> evaporating water.  They chill heated low humidity air just as effectively.
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>I would guess that you are not aware of the effiency of both old and new
>humidifier systems.
>But I am sure that now I have pointed out this lapse in knowledge. You
>will look it up  ;-P
>Perhaps you should check out humidity levels in hospitals and
>institutions and seek why 
>they are what they are.   ;-p

Apples and onions.  Hospitals and many other locations require a particular
humidity level for health and process reasons.  That doesn't make it any easier
to pump moisture into the air.  The laws of physics are not easily mocked, and
not easily changed.