I have an open floor plan design with the recreation room slightly below
ground level. It used to be humid in summer
with central air in the house to the point that carpet was becoming wet in
places. Will dehumidifier help?
Will it work againts the airconditioning heating house, or will it help
cooling it (it will lover the humidity
thus increase evaporation inthe house and evaporating water will help cool
the house?

"Pawel" wrote in
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I have an open floor plan design with the recreation room slightly
below ground level. It used to be humid in summer
with central air in the house to the point that carpet was becoming
wet in places. Will dehumidifier help?
Will it work againts the airconditioning heating house, or will it
help cooling it (it will lover the humidity
thus increase evaporation inthe house and evaporating water will help
cool the house?




On a purely temperature basis, it will raise the temp. But
the decrease in humidity will add to the comfort. Though I'm
a little surprised, I'd have thought with central A/C that even
a room "slightly below ground level" would never be humid enough to
have a wet carpet. Sure you don't have water seeping in from
below?

Pawel wrote:
I have an open floor plan design with the recreation room slightly below
ground level. It used to be humid in summer
with central air in the house to the point that carpet was becoming wet in
places. Will dehumidifier help?
Will it work againts the airconditioning heating house, or will it help
cooling it (it will lover the humidity
thus increase evaporation inthe house and evaporating water will help cool
the house?




Well humid air will take more energy to heat because it can hold more
heat. Dry air is easier to heat, but it holds less heat.

Dry air takes less energy to cool since it cant hold as much heat as
humid air.

But its all relative. 75 degrees and dry can feel just like 70 degrees
and humid. They both can be holding the same amount of energy.


Neither. What you feel is not the 'temperature' around you. What you
feel is the rate of heat loss to your surrounding environment. We call
that temperature but its not the same thing.

Lowering the humidity in the house will be helping the air conditioner.
it means the air can hold less energy and will thus be easier to cool.
Simply lowering the humidity in the house will make the house feel
cooler automatically (though it wont be reflected on the thermometer)


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Respectfully,


CL Gilbert

it will work both for and against the A/C

for it, in humidity maintenance

against it on heat production

overall, it will same you money and make you more comfortable, and cause the
A/C to run much less overall

get a dehumidifier



"Pawel" wrote in message
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I have an open floor plan design with the recreation room slightly below
ground level. It used to be humid in summer
with central air in the house to the point that carpet was becoming wet in
places. Will dehumidifier help?
Will it work againts the airconditioning heating house, or will it help
cooling it (it will lover the humidity
thus increase evaporation inthe house and evaporating water will help cool
the house?

CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert wrote:

Well humid air will take more energy to heat because it can hold more
heat. Dry air is easier to heat, but it holds less heat.

You may well find that difference is insignificant and irrelevant.

Nick

arizona wrote:

it will work both for and against the A/C

for it, in humidity maintenance

against it on heat production

More against it.

overall, it will same you money and make you more comfortable, and cause the
A/C to run much less overall

It will cause the AC to run a lot more, IMO.

get a dehumidifier

Nonononono.

Nick

wrote:
CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert wrote:


Well humid air will take more energy to heat because it can hold more
heat. Dry air is easier to heat, but it holds less heat.


You may well find that difference is insignificant and irrelevant.

Nick


perhaps in terms of energy, but not in terms of comfort. If you can
turn your A/C thermostat to 72 instead of 68, you may save energy.
Given the difference on energy between 68 and 72 is bigger than the
energy used by the humidifier.

But the a/c already does its own dehumidification, so it really needs to
be tested. I would suspect A/C on its own would do the job, but I live
in relatively non-humid area.

--
Respectfully,


CL Gilbert

CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert wrote:

...humid air will take more energy to heat because it can hold more
heat. Dry air is easier to heat, but it holds less heat.

You may well find that difference is insignificant and irrelevant.

perhaps in terms of energy, but not in terms of comfort.

You were talking about energy.

If you can turn your A/C thermostat to 72 instead of 68, you may save energy.

Sure. Altho both seem rather cold.

Given the difference on energy between 68 and 72 is bigger than the
energy used by the humidifier.

Humidifier? I'm having trouble understanding this sentence.

But the a/c already does its own dehumidification...

And puts all its latent heat and electrical energy outdoors.

Nick