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Zypher wrote:

Hi Nick;

Hi Zypher,

Here's a link for you to read up on [albeit consumer literature but it
drives the point well.]

http://lennox.com/pdfs/brochures/Len...umidifiers.pdf

"Save energy and money - Because humidified air feels warmer, a humidifier
helps lower your heating bills. For example, a 69° temperature at 35%
relative humidity feels just as warm as a 72° setting at 19% relative
humidity."

The program in the ASHRAE 55-2004 comfort standard shows 69 F at 35%
is equivalent to 69.8 at 19%.

Lennox sells furnaces and humidifiers, and their statement above ignores
the heat energy needed to evaporate water, which is far more than the heat
energy saved with a lower thermostat setting.

Nick


Perhaps when Nick leaves egghead academia for the real world, he'll
travel and see the real world, instead of reading about it in books.
I suggest a trip to Las Vegas when it's 100 and quite comfortable,
followed by a trip to Georgia when it's 80 and feel's like hell. Then
maybe he will rethink his ideas.