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Sat in a damp London flat, with condensation permanently dripping down the windows (despite the dehumidifier running virtually 24/7), I struggle to relate to a
by doublesocket 6y ago
Sat in a damp London flat, with condensation permanently dripping down the windows (despite the dehumidifier running virtually 24/7), I struggle to relate to a world where you would deliberately want to put moisture into the air.
- girvo 6y agoAnd as someone who lives in Brisbane Australia I’m right there in confusion with you! We run our aircon on the de-humidify setting haha
- plorkyeran 6y agoThere are many places in the USA where in the summer you use AC to dehumidify the air and in the winter you do everything you can to add humidity.
- EdwardDiego 6y agoYep, as a Kiwi, people deliberately owning humidifiers is bemusing - but then, that's probably because our rather shitty housing stock leads to far more humidity than is healthy, in every season. Also because our winters never get cold enough to freeze all the moisture out of the air - I experienced that when living in an alpine village that turned into a giant ice box over winter / early spring (Arthur's Pass), but that was a village of 37, the rest of NZ is not experiencing that. Heck, I used to run two dehumidifiers in a previous house of mine during winter, just because the amount of condensation and dampness we got was ridiculous and very unhealthy.
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- tarboreus 6y agoI'm Irish by descent and people who are, genetically, adapted to the environment you're describing and show up to, say, parts of the US northeast can have a hell of a time, especially in the winter. There's really no comparison between the UK and environs where it bascially doesn't get cold (really cold air more or less doesn't carry moisture) and where the climate is just really damp and the climate here. Add in radiator heating that is pretty intensive and you'll start seeing hte plaster crack off the walls due to the dryness, let alone what happens to your body.
- gandalfian 6y agoWhenever people talk of turning the thermostat UP to save money my brain rebels.
- eythian 6y agoBeing from NZ, I thought the same. But now I live in the Netherlands in a modern building with radiators for heat. In the colder parts of winter, just taking damp outside air in at around 0° and warming it up to room temperature lowers the relative humidity enough that I can find it pretty dry. It'll be somewhere between 35-45% at this time of year, which is on the low side for me.