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<cayoung61**spamblock##@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Every central AC (or mini split) will reduce the humidity.
I need to reduce the humidity for allergy reasons, not just for
comfort. So it has to be at least 50% or below, maybe 40%, dust
mites die with 40% humidity. And I need to be able to reduce the
humidity when it's cool; yesterday it was 67F and 72% RH indoors :(
So I'm not sure if there are central AC units that can do this, to be
energy efficient they would have to have an option to either direct
inside air or outside air over the condenser. I could run a
central AC with a very low temperature threshold and run the heater
at the same time, but that would be wasteful.
I do have forced air gas heat, and it's good to know that the noisy
part of an AC can be outside, and it can use the blower in my
furnace.
I'm not sure though whether I have to have a separate whole-house
dehumidifier also.
It would probably be too hot to have JUST a whole-house dehumidifier.
It doesn't get horribly hot in here without AC or dehumidifier - I
got the roof ventilated and that helped to cool things down. But it
is humid here in the summer and if I were dehumidifying from 70% to
40% I suspect a whole house dehumidifier would be making the heat
inside a lot worse.
Laura
