On Friday, July 4, 2014 4:06:11 AM UTC-4, rickman wrote:
On 7/4/2014 12:57 AM, Tim Wescott wrote:

On Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:28:23 -0400, krw wrote:



On Thu, 3 Jul 2014 17:00:16 -0700, "Pico Rico"

wrote:





"RobertMacy" wrote in message

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On Thu, 03 Jul 2014 16:29:47 -0700, Pico Rico

wrote:





"RobertMacy" wrote in message

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So my question is WHICH way is this !@#$#@ system designed for? UP

or DOWN air in the summer?



it depends if you have air conditioning.



again which way? for what reason? elaborate?



heat rises. If you have ac, you want to push the warm air down so it

can become ac'd. If you don't have ac, you might as well leave the warm

air up there were it will be less noticed.



But you can cool to a higher temperature if you help the convection off

your skin. Add in evaporative cooling and a breeze is a big win, at

least in small rooms, like a home.



We have air conditioning which keeps the house at 78, and a way

undersized room dehumidifier which we set up in the master shower, turn

on the circulating fan in the furnace, and basically slowly and

inefficiently dry out the whole house.



It makes a huge huge difference how hot it feels -- and we're in Oregon,

where everyone is a humidity wimp.



Do you realize the dehumidifier is just an AC unit where the heat is

exhausted back into the room? You could do the same thing by running a

small space heater which would make the AC run more often which does a

much better job of taking the humidity out of the air. Actually, I've

never seen a house with AC that still had high humidity, but then I'm

not in the Pacific northwest.



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Rick

Just lowering the temp from 78 to 76 would probably make more
difference and use less energy. I keep my house at 76/77 here in NJ
and never have a problem with humidity. If it's been off because
I'm away, within about 20 mins, you can already feel a big difference
in humidity dropping.