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- From: patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r)
- Subject: Re: forced-hot-air vs baseboard heating: is it really "drier" heat?
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Distribution: misc
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 17:15:47 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.171547.29717@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- References: <MEIR.92Nov20133533@fiasco.watson.ibm.com>
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- In article <MEIR.92Nov20133533@fiasco.watson.ibm.com> meir@watson.ibm.com (Meir Laker) writes:
- >New construction in our area seems to have baseboard heating as
- >opposed to forced-hot-air heating.
- >
- >The reason: "conventional" wisdom has it that baseboard heating dries
- >out a house less than forced-hot-air heating, significantly less so
- >that a humidifier is not needed (besides the fact that a humidifier
- >could not be installed without duct work).
- >
- >Is this true?
-
- I grew up in a house with electric baseboard heaters. As I recall, the
- house didn't noticeably dry out in winter at all. I now live in a house
- equipped with gas forced air with the smallest plenum mounted humidifier
- Home Depot sells. There are noticeable problems; excessive evaporation
- from my aquarium, sinus troubles, "cottonmouth" in the mornings, etc.
- This is despite the fact that New Jersey (my current location) is more
- humid than the area in which I grew up.
-
- I can't say why, but "conventional" wisdom is no less wisdom for being
- conventional. Sometimes "old wives" are pretty smart.
-
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