Humidity - different country, different outlook...
muzza
Posted 2015-02-19 5:50 PM (#505821)
Subject: Humidity - different country, different outlook...



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Location: Sunshine State, Australia

You guys in the States all seem to need to humidify your instruments - having to add moisture.  I have the opposite problem. 

I've had to empty my DEhumidifier 3 times (about 3/4 gallon each time) in the last 18 hours - an approaching cyclone (a Southern Hemisphere hurricane) isn't helping. 

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Eynowd
Posted 2015-02-19 6:38 PM (#505822 - in reply to #505821)
Subject: Re: Humidity - different country, different outlook...



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Location: Canberra, Australia		Stay safe, Muzz It's looking pretty nasty, even by the time it gets to you.
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TAFKAR
Posted 2015-02-19 6:54 PM (#505825 - in reply to #505821)
Subject: Re: Humidity - different country, different outlook...



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Location: Sydney, Australia		My dehumidifier gets a work out too. Keep your head down Muzz.
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nerdydave
Posted 2015-02-19 11:23 PM (#505827 - in reply to #505821)
Subject: Re: Humidity - different country, different outlook...


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Location: Always beautiful canyon country of Utah		Yes we do have the DRYNESS problem here especially those of us who live in the west or southwest!! But we would have it no other way!!
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2015-02-21 12:24 PM (#505855 - in reply to #505821)
Subject: Re: Humidity - different country, different outlook...


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Location: Boise, Idaho		We used to have a dehumidifier when we lived in Wisconsin. It was one of my chores as a kid to empty it and if I waited too long it was all I could do to lift the basin and dump it out. I got in real trouble if I forgot and it overflowed. I'm sure the modern ones have some sort of shut off.
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alpep
Posted 2015-02-21 4:26 PM (#505859 - in reply to #505821)
Subject: Re: Humidity - different country, different outlook...


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Posts: 10583

Location: NJ		depending on your type of head and the temp outside the humidy can get real low. I start to freak under 30 percent and start filling up the humidifiers.
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stephent28
Posted 2015-02-21 8:09 PM (#505865 - in reply to #505821)
Subject: Re: Humidity - different country, different outlook...



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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066		We start at about 35% and go down from there.
It was quite a change from when I lived in Houston on the gulf coast.
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