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Author: TAMMY
Date: 2001-05-25 23:39
do people stop usinghumidifiers in the summer? i live in New york so...
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Author: mw
Date: 2001-05-26 02:46
It depends on the humidity in the area in which the clarinet "resides".
In Oklahoma I had stopped my Humidifier which was helping us maintain a 50% reading in the Music Room in our house. I stopped because the outside Humidity levels had significantly increased. A Room that was at 10% or less on its own in Winter was quickly getting to 30-35% on its own.
THEN, we had a cold snap and you guessed it ... the Humidity outside suddenly dropped. I did as you would expect, I turned the Humidifier back on.
I use a Digital Temperature/Humidity Guage that is supposed to be very accurate. I try and place it in the middle of the room not near the Humidifier.
Best,
mw
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-05-26 16:04
M W says it very well. Yes, in OK, spring and early summer are quite humid [generally about 50% "relative humidity" - which means 50% of the concentration of water that the air can hold at "saturation" {where fog and/or rain developes} which depends upon the air's temperature!! , this saturation is called "absolute humidity"] . I am trying to NOT lecture on this aspect of Physical Chemistry, but to explain as simply as I can why it is much "dryer" in winter than in summer. The difference between outside air temp. and a comfortable inside temp. is much greater in winter [as much as a - 70 degrees F versus a + 25 F] , and except for minor humidity adjustment [by use of "humidifiers" or "air conditioning"], this determines the absolute humidities. Interestingly enough, this water concentration somewhat determines how low night-time temperatures can fall, you prob. have heard of the extremes encountered in the deserts perhaps 120F day vs 10F at nite!! To cut this off, Yes, it is quite suitable to decrease or stop the humidifying of wooden instruments in the warmer seasons, IMHO. Don
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Author: Mike Irish
Date: 2001-05-28 14:10
I have a dehumidifier going 24/7 in the summer....it does have a setting control, so if it does dry out it will shut off and quit taking moisture out of the air....
I am getting about 10 gallons aday out of my house... and it some times is still sticky /clammy/ humid feeling...
the dehumidifier helps the airconditioner do its job more efficiently.. if you are in a low humidity area, you may need to add some moisture to the air....
the warmer the air, the more moisture it can hold... as the air cools, the % of moisture goes up...... if you have low dew point, then there is low humidity, high dew point high humidity....... where I am at, some times the dew point is in the 70's and 80's and when the temp is in the 80's and 90's some times 100's that is quite high.... if it is 100 deg, and dew point is 35 deg.... that pretty low...
any ways... Like Don said..... lol
Mike
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