In a message dated 3/30/2000 11:36:39 AM, you wrote: <<"Dear List, I disagree, Air Conditioners do NOT remove moisture from the air.">> Larry; Perhaps air conditioners work differently in AZ. :-) But in most of Floridas' air conditioners moisture 'is' removed from the air being conditioned.........this happens as warm moist air is passed over the condensing coils/baffles cooling it significantly and causing the entrained moist air to lose some of its moisture..... as, in the act of cooling, a.k.a. heat transfer,, condensation forms and drains away from the unit via the drip tube/drain line......................... thus humidity in the air conditioned spaces is changed both in 'absolute' humidity (entrained moisture per liter of air) and 'relative' humidity (percentage of moisture vis a vis temperature). At least that is the way it works in Florida :-) Jim Bryant (FL)
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