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For those of you that measure indoor humidity: What levels are you seeing when AC is not used much, like in this spring like weather? I'm seeing upwards of 59% without AC. Low 50s when AC kicks on at night. I'm curious being that I am having hardwood flooring put down tomorrow. The wood has been acclimating in the house.
I have a sealed crawlspace and dehumidifier down there set to 51%.
We have no dehumidifier, manufactured hardwoods everywhere in our home except bathrooms, haven't turned on the a/c yet, but have opened the windows and screened doors this year. On a slab.
In winter, our humidity ranged from 17 to 40ish. This morning, it was 55.
Thanks for the info. We have similar readings but have not had windows open and have had the AC on at night for a couple of weeks. Seems like I'm running a bit high. Could also be that we are a family of 4?
Our house recently has readings of 50% humidity. The 2nd floor may be a little higher at 53-54%? No A/C as I haven't switched it on, it's still on heat but nothing has been on for several days now. I should probably let the fan run for a while each day for circulation. I'm opening the windows for 30 min to 1 hour each afternoon also.
Before this warm spell, the humidity was around 35% and I usually hate that - all the subfloors contract slightly and I am very sensitive to creaks and floor noise. This slight increase in humidity is welcomed!
We have a crawlspace with a commercial dehumidifier and it's turning on and off for the last several days. As a side note, we have a Titan dehumidifier and it's broken down 3 times in the last 2 years. So much for not just buying one from Home Depot - would have been $1000 less out of the bank account.
Today the humidity is 50° in the bedroom. Patio door was open for awhile in the nearby living room (small house).
But one of the pp mention of turning on the fan made me think of something that might be affecting our numbers. We have a newer, energy star home with one of those aur circulator that goes on and off regularly, even when there is no a/c or heat.
It's sort of an interesting topic to me. We never even THOUGHT about indoor humidity in Phoenix, except when we left the house empty all summer when, so we left a few buckets of water around the house. Now in Raleigh, I developed a morning cough and sore throat that is related to the low humidity in the winter when the heat is running.
Outside temp this morning is plus 5 Celsius. Inside temp is set at 20 C ( 70 F ) and the humidity in the house is 66 percent. This is with the gas furnace running, which has a built in humidifier . The past 4 days have been rainy, and the snow banks are down to a few centimeters in front of the house. Local rivers are running a good 2 metres above the normal levels. Winter isn't over yet, though.
In online conversations with Americans who live in "the South " ..They are surprised to hear that central air conditioning is a standard feature in most homes here. We get what we consider to be high
summer temps in June July August and September. Daytime temps at 80 F up to 95F .
I'm just laughing since our A/C (especially in our bedrooms) run throughout the year, minus the 7-10 days of sub-freezing temps we had in January. My wife and I just need a cold bedroom.
80 would be a very low temp for a high summer temp here. There were 25 days last July above 90, 2 above 100. Lowest high temp recorded in July 2017 was 82.
I'm just laughing since our A/C (especially in our bedrooms) run throughout the year, minus the 7-10 days of sub-freezing temps we had in January. My wife and I just need a cold bedroom.
Same here. We keep the master bedroom at 65 in the summer and colder in the winter. This past week the AC does not have to work too hard and our bedroom is at approx. 63 when we turn in.
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