Re: [Vo]:Dehumidifiers and temperature

2016-07-28 Thread H LV
A short history of air conditioning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD7vSnISp3g Harry On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 3:54 PM, David L. Babcock wrote: > My comment below is so clouded by time that it may be worthless, BUT > > When air conditioning arrived (in the 30s, 40s?) it was a

Re: [Vo]:Dehumidifiers and temperature

2016-07-28 Thread David L. Babcock
My comment below is so clouded by time that it may be worthless, BUT When air conditioning arrived (in the 30s, 40s?) it was a trade-marked innovation, driving all the competition under because it /conditioned/ the air, not just chilled it. It combined air cooling with dehumidifying, with

Re: [Vo]:Dehumidifiers and temperature

2016-07-27 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
I'd have to guess you live in an area that isn't very humid. Otherwise you wouldn't have to ask. :-) First, the books on the bookcases in the livingroom stop growing mold on their spines if you drop the humidity. (Otherwise, here in the Ottawa River Valley, they sure do, just sitting there

Re: [Vo]:Dehumidifiers and temperature

2016-07-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
David Jonsson wrote: > I assume that my personal experience of room temperature will decrease if > I run one (provided I have sufficiently high humidity). > By "personal experience" you mean your bodily perception. Or the heat retained by your body. At high humidity, sweat

[Vo]:Dehumidifiers and temperature

2016-07-24 Thread David Jonsson
Hi How does dehumidifiers like this one work? http://www.conrad.com/ce/en/product/1377991/Dehumidifier-20-m-0011-lh -White-Blue-renkforce-HD-68W I assume that my personal experience of room temperature will decrease if I run one (provided I have sufficiently high humidity). But I also realize