Re: What's the temperature and/or humidity in your house?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu 4 Jan 2024 - 18:37

According to my hygrometer, the humidity is 54-55% in every room of the house.

According to the dehumidifier, it's 61%.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu 4 Jan 2024 - 19:25

This room's down to 52% now. scared

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu 4 Jan 2024 - 19:25

I feel like all the moisture's being sucked out of me.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Thu 4 Jan 2024 - 19:32

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu 4 Jan 2024 - 21:05

I have now filled the 2 litre bucket. box

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri 5 Jan 2024 - 9:53

Humidity in my bedroom is now either 50% or 56%, depending upon which implement I believe.

The temperature is either 20 degrees or 21 degrees, depending on which thermometer I believe.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri 5 Jan 2024 - 9:54

But I can confirm that, as the humidity goes down, the temperature goes up.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri 5 Jan 2024 - 9:55

I have, therefore, just turned my thermostat down by one half of one degree to compensate.

by Fangirl Three Fri 5 Jan 2024 - 13:34

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:But I can confirm that, as the humidity goes down, the temperature goes up.

That is because the warmer the air is, the more moisture it can hold. And if you make the air warmer, without adding any more moisture, the relative humidity goes down, because the air is now holding a smaller proportion of the maximum amount of moisture it could hold.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Fri 5 Jan 2024 - 16:27

Yeah, but reducing the humidity doesn't increase the temperature. It might make a it feel cooler on a hot day as sweating works better, but not making a cold day warmer.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri 5 Jan 2024 - 16:56

I think the theory is that it takes less effort to heat up dry air than damp air and, therefore, with the heating on, the room will get warmer. dunno

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri 5 Jan 2024 - 16:56

In other news, I'm now testing its laundry drying capabilities, for the first time.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat 6 Jan 2024 - 16:14

According to my hygrometer, the humidity is 44%. According to the dehumidifier, it's 58%. shifty

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sat 6 Jan 2024 - 17:41

So what are you going to do about it?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat 6 Jan 2024 - 18:01

Nowt.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sat 6 Jan 2024 - 18:12

Thought so.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue 9 Jan 2024 - 17:09

I've had my dehumidifier targeted at 50% for the past 24 hours. I've now come to the conclusion that that's far too low a target, as my eyes feel like all moisture's been sucked from them.

Therefore, I'm going to raise it to 55%.

But, before I do it, I'm going to reduce it to 45%, in this room, to see if it makes the temperature go up.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue 9 Jan 2024 - 17:10

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:According to my hygrometer, the humidity is 44%. According to the dehumidifier, it's 58%.

They have since settled down to being within 2% of each other.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue 9 Jan 2024 - 17:13

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:I've had my dehumidifier targeted at 50% for the past 24 hours. I've now come to the conclusion that that's far too low a target, as my eyes feel like all moisture's been sucked from them.

Therefore, I'm going to raise it to 55%.

But, before I do it, I'm going to reduce it to 45%, in this room, to see if it makes the temperature go up.

It is currently 20 degrees in this room.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue 9 Jan 2024 - 17:19

While I've been researching dehumidifiers, I've started to come to the conclusion that I might also need a humidifier. shifty

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