On Saturday, November 22, 2014 11:28:42 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 16:03:22 -0800 (PST), trader_4
wrote:

On Saturday, November 22, 2014 6:17:26 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:


However I am seeing frost on the window, is that a sign of too much humidity then?

It's only too much if it bothers you for some reason.


It would bother
some of the people here, I think, or at least water on the windows
would, but they don't have a wife with a sore throat. The only
problem with the water is that it might damage the paint on the windows
sills, but you might not have paint or even sills, and you have to
repaiint painted ones once in a while anyhow.

If you get significant condensation on the windows, what do you think is
happening everywhere else that there is a similar cold spot, eg inside
walls,

Why would there be cold spots in the interior walls? Or the exterior
wall inside the insulation.


Because insulation isn't put in perfectly, even in new houses. And
then you have areas where there is no insulation, or minimal insulation,
eg where there is an electrical outlet box, recessed lights, a pipe going
through a wall, etc. In old homes, who knows what you have. There are bound to be cold spots, and if excess humidity is condensing on the windows, it's bound to be condensing elsewhere, where you can't see it. Like maybe in the
attic, because vapor barriers aren't perfect either and an old home may not
even have one. Every credible
building authority that I've seen talk about humidity, warns that
excess humidity can cause damage and that you should not go above about 45%,
lower as it gets colder outside. If you want water stains, peeling
paint, rotting wood, that's up to you, crank it up to 75%+



near electric outlets, etc?

AFA wwater near electric outlets, what's that going to do. Trip a
breaker at most.


Fine, have water dripping out of your outlets if you want.




I have an extension cord I use with my electric lawn mower. I've left
it outside for 10 years, day and night, 365 days a year lying in the
rain and under the snow. It's never tripped the breaker, and it's a
ground fault breaker that knows how to trip.



Another sound practice. Who could argue with that?