On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:49:02 -0700, Daniel Prince
wrote:

Whenever we have an area of carpet that gets wet, my brother thinks
that the best way to dry it is to use a heat lamp. I think that
unless the relative humidity is extremely high, a fan would work
much better.

What do you think? Thank you in advance for all replies.

Using both fan and lamp will dry the carpet faster. But, the best way
is the safer way minus the heat lamp.