In the winter, the air starts to get very dry inside your home. But, did you know that because humidifier's adds moisture in the air, it makes the room seem a lot warmer than it's set on the thermostat!
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Interesting post David, but I think that may only be true when it's warm. My folks keep their home very cool, (In Minnesota) at 75 degrees adding humidity does make it feel warm, but at 62 I'm not so sure. Your thoughts?
Humidity is defined by the amount of moisture in the air. Along the winter time, you may wake up with dryer lungs (discomfort when you breathe), dry skin, and chapped lips. Thats an indication your humidity is too low. In the winter humidity drops to around from anywhere to 15-20% percent humidity, meaning if your thermostat is set at 70, it would actually feel like 65 due to relative-humidity. Relative-humidity Is what we actually feel. Meaning, If you simply increase the humidity into the house in the winter time to 45% moisture ( Typical comfort zone) it would actually feel like 70 degrees.
humidifying a room is a lot cheaper than it is to heat one.
Refer to this chart for relative-humidity.
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