Humidity! How to drop 20-30% in an hour.

K3WE wrote:

DiskDoctr wrote:

slarsen wrote:
There are a few inaccuracies here.

Heating does not remove humidity...

Heating then cooling not only had a dramatic improvement (drop) in the humidity comfort level, it was a MEASURED drop, using an electronic temp/humidity device.

Ok, let's all get our terms straight.

Relative humidity is not the amount of water in the air.

Your magical electronic thing measures RELATIVE humidity.

Heating the air lowers the RELATIVE humidity but REMOVES no water (except by the mechanism I described and except by forcing the AC to run as others cited)

You can feel differences in RELATIVE humidity- but again, that is not the amount of water in the air.

No need to get upset over it :S

If you read my responses carefully, you will note I specifically avoided the distinction between the two AND the separation of the two parts of the process- the heating and the cooling.

It seems you are attempting to argue the heating cycle isn't necessary and is useless in the removal of water from the air. In reality, it is necessary to heat the air first to facilitate the removal of the moisture by the A/C unit.

Perhaps I am misunderstanding your posts? I guess it is possible you simply wish to explain the difference between absolute humidity and relative humidity, but you do seem to be heck-bent on implying no one else understands it and has no concept of what that 'magical electronic thing' actually does :?

Here's a link to get anyone interested started: Relative Humidity- How things Work

Bottom line: The process works and can potentially provide the same increase in comfort and convenience for others as it did for us.

If you don't want to try it, that's up to you. If you want to explain how it works, fine, but please be polite and include the entire process, as your previous attempts are incomplete.

By all means, have at it if you like ;)