Re: Humidifier to reduce need for Heating

Addle-pated, milk-clotted pig-snorker Ed Clarke  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> ...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. 
>
>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.  

Good. You might look into more air sealing, or a muffler, or
one of those Star Trek alien steaming harmonica holders... 

Nick