wrote:
We live in an apartment and for reasons to long to go into cannot have
air conditioning. All we have are fans which do an OK job of moving
the air around. Better than nothing I guess.

Now... If we were to add a DEHUMIDIFIER to the mix, would that help us
feel any cooler? Sometimes, especially at night the humidity outside
is like 80, 90% or even higher. We have the windows open and although
the air is a little cooler at night it is just so damn sticky.

What if we got a dehumidifier or two, closed the windows and let the
fans run. Would it FEEL cooler? Also... do dehumidifiers have any
COOLING capability at all?

Thanks in advance

DAVID

Depends where you live. A dehumidifier in someplace dry won't help, but
it sounds like you live in a wettish state, where it might help. As
everybody says, you will be exchanging cooler and wetter for warmer and
dryer, and they are expensive to run, but particularly at night might
feel less sticky. The dew point sort of serves as the hot/wet
equivalent of the wind chill factor in winter; if the dew point is over
60 degrees it's going to feel hot and wet, whether the temp is higher
or lower.

z wrote:

it sounds like you live in a wettish state, where it might help. As
everybody says, you will be exchanging cooler and wetter for warmer and
dryer, and they are expensive to run, but particularly at night might
feel less sticky...

A dehumidifier might help in an airtight house with no insulation
in a place like Florida, when outdoor and indoor air temps are
about the same but outdoor air is more humid, but an air conditioner
would help more, with dehumidification plus indoor cooling vs heating.

Nick