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davee123
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Ok, let me know if this belongs in a different forum or not, but here's a question: is the difference in air density between hot and cold air less pronounced when the air is humid?
A friend of mine has an apartment that's pretty cold this time of year. And her apartment's pretty dry. So she bought a humidifier for her bedroom. She notices that in her bedroom, the heat is pretty evenly distributed from floor-to-ceiling. BUT, in other rooms, the air near the floor is much colder than the air near the ceiling.
So it *could* just be the apartment-- it might just be drafty near the floor in other rooms. Or it could be that the humidifier is blowing air around the room so as to keep it more consistant-temperature, while in other rooms the air has more of a chance to settle into hot/cold zones. But might it have something to do with the humidity?
And while I'm on the subject-- I'm assuming that humid air (being more substantial?) will retain heat longer, as well as take longer to heat up?
DaveE
A friend of mine has an apartment that's pretty cold this time of year. And her apartment's pretty dry. So she bought a humidifier for her bedroom. She notices that in her bedroom, the heat is pretty evenly distributed from floor-to-ceiling. BUT, in other rooms, the air near the floor is much colder than the air near the ceiling.
So it *could* just be the apartment-- it might just be drafty near the floor in other rooms. Or it could be that the humidifier is blowing air around the room so as to keep it more consistant-temperature, while in other rooms the air has more of a chance to settle into hot/cold zones. But might it have something to do with the humidity?
And while I'm on the subject-- I'm assuming that humid air (being more substantial?) will retain heat longer, as well as take longer to heat up?
DaveE