Humidity! How to drop 20-30% in an hour.
So we're camping this past 9 days in all kinds of weather. Heat, cool, thunderstorms, dry, you get the picture. We're in our HTT with PUGs. Humidity was really high outside at times, which we didn'...
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Not going to get into an argument here. I think we are talking past each other, K3.
As to the prior post, that's great that the A/C is working for you in Florida. It's warm there, and that allows the A/C to do it's intended job. The OP is describing a condition where the outside temp is cool, the humidity is sky high, and that is a condition that is difficult to deal with without dehumidification. He found a work-around: heat, then refrigerate the same air. Some office buildings do that: run the heat and the cooling simultaneously. Wildly inefficient, but it works.
I used to do home testing for a HVAC company. I could tell when I walked into a home if there was a serious humidity issue: it would be cold, and musty smelling. Usually it comes from a crawl space that is wet. The owner would keep driving the temp down to try to get comfortable . . . that would work briefly, but the humidity would creep back in . . . so set the temp lower . . . and repeat. Eventually, it would be in the 60's, which is so cold that the humidity would condense microscopically on the walls, floor, ceiling and everything else. And the result: mold. And often, health issues.
The point: humidity can be a real problem. A brief issue can often be ignored, but cool, damp conditions can be destructive to both you and your dwelling. Or trailer or motor home. If this happens a lot where you are: seriously, you need to find a solution. Often, a dehumidifier is a cheap and effective solution.
As to the prior post, that's great that the A/C is working for you in Florida. It's warm there, and that allows the A/C to do it's intended job. The OP is describing a condition where the outside temp is cool, the humidity is sky high, and that is a condition that is difficult to deal with without dehumidification. He found a work-around: heat, then refrigerate the same air. Some office buildings do that: run the heat and the cooling simultaneously. Wildly inefficient, but it works.
I used to do home testing for a HVAC company. I could tell when I walked into a home if there was a serious humidity issue: it would be cold, and musty smelling. Usually it comes from a crawl space that is wet. The owner would keep driving the temp down to try to get comfortable . . . that would work briefly, but the humidity would creep back in . . . so set the temp lower . . . and repeat. Eventually, it would be in the 60's, which is so cold that the humidity would condense microscopically on the walls, floor, ceiling and everything else. And the result: mold. And often, health issues.
The point: humidity can be a real problem. A brief issue can often be ignored, but cool, damp conditions can be destructive to both you and your dwelling. Or trailer or motor home. If this happens a lot where you are: seriously, you need to find a solution. Often, a dehumidifier is a cheap and effective solution.
