Re: Humidifier to reduce need for Heating

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> Don Ocean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >> [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
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> 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.

I won't argue the point.. Because I suspect you don't know the
difference between
apples and onions. And I note you ignored all of the rest of the post.
Is that
due to Stupidity or ignorance. I regret wasting professional time with
educated
input. And I guess health and process reasons don't exist in your home?