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Re: NFC: Cooler water
They do humidify the air in a house. I live in Colorado. This summer the
average humidity outside was 7%...the temp was over 90 essentially the
entire summer. This was not good for me, my plants, my snakes, or my fish
tanks from which so much water was evaporating that they were losing about
an 1" every 3 days...substantially raising the water hardness. I ran a BIG
swamp box (aka evaporative cooler) for the whole house. It dropped the air
temp about 20 degrees F if left on low 24/7 and raised the humidity to about
40%...I also added humidifiers in my house to get my humidity back up to the
70% mark I like it at. So depending on where you're at, the added humidity
can be a good thing. Also, if you live in an older wood house, keeping the
house humidified is better for the wood. These new air-tight houses are a
completely different story of course.
Just my 2cents,
-kris
>From: Mark <mbinkley at columbus_rr.com>
>Reply-To: nfc at actwin_com
>To: nfc at actwin_com
>Subject: Re: NFC: Cooler water
>Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 12:41:41 -0500
>
>Seems like an evaporative cooler would generate _lots_ of humidity. Guess
>you would have to vent it outside. Would do a lot to defeat any home
>insulation you might have...
>
>
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