David Jonsson <[email protected]> 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 evaporates more slowly which makes your body temperature go up. Wind from a fan or from windy weather speeds up evaporation even in high humidity, and makes you feel better. > But I also realize that the temperature of the air rises after being > dehumidified. What is the net subjective human effect? > The air temperature does rise, from the work done by refrigerator compressor. This is easily measured with a larger dehumidifier I use in one room of my house. The increased heat is not subjective; it is objectively real. If you do not like air conditioning, or you cannot afford it, a combination of a dehumidifier and a fan will go a long way to keeping you comfortable. A fan is very cheap to buy or operate. The one I am using at the moment draws 0.35 A. My wife does not like air conditioning. Our house is usually 80 to 84 deg F (27 to 29 deg C) in summer but with fans we are fine. I run the air conditioner in the morning when it is cool outside and the temperature gradient is negative. It cools the house down in 20 minutes and de-humidifies it all day. - Jed
