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Thread ID: 85346	2007-12-07 07:53:00	humidity	Thomas01 (317)	PC World Chat

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618736	2007-12-08 20:55:00	Thomas, I am really puzzled by your memories of placing "a bowl of water in front of our heaters (particularly gas) to improve the humidity". Are you sure about your memories? Or was it mains gas, which may behave differently, coming from coke rather than LPG? Yes on both counts. I am sure about my memories - the office girl was called Etta Fyffe - in fact I can recall the names and offices of just about all the staff as well so am sure of my memories. There is no doubt that putting the bowl of water in front improved the air immensely. This was a Public Health Office and most of the staff were inspectors so they knew their stuff. And YES it was coal gas. I suppose that could make a difference. Tom	Thomas01 (317)
618737	2007-12-08 21:54:00	(snip) And YES it was coal gas. I suppose that could make a difference. Tom OK, and I suspect that coal gas might have been dry, unlike liquigas. Did you have gas lamps as well? ;) :lol:	John H (8)
618738	2007-12-09 01:33:00	OK, and I suspect that coal gas might have been dry, unlike liquigas. Did you have gas lamps as well? ;) :lol: Come on - we were not that backward. Although our house was lit by gas up to about 1933 when my father put in the electricity. And actually a near neighbour was using gas even during & after the war. The only time I used gas for lighting was when we bought a caravan in about 1954 and until electricity was added used the gas lamps (bottled gas of course). Wonderful stuff the old coal gas. Even though we had an electric stove we always preferred the 2 burner gas grill father left in as a backup in the kitchen. My wife still complains about the lack of a gas cooker. But remembering parts of my chemistry education I seem to recollect that water was one of the products of combustion. Its strange but we didn't feel the need to boost humidity in the house which was very old - built like a fortress and pretty well dry. It was in the office where we used coal gas heating that the air seemed to get very dry and then we used the water tanks. But if the coal gas produced water on combustion ????? Tom	Thomas01 (317)
618739	2007-12-09 02:53:00	There was still gas lighting in the village in Cumbria that my wife lived in when she was a youngster! I saw (and even stoked once) the coke ovens in Rangiora when I was a teenager. There was an old fella there who was the stoker - he had one good arm but the other had been amputated and terminated in a hook - ideal for handling the metal handle of the implement used to spread the coke around! At least his left hand never got burnt. Don't know about combustion producing water - but you often see liquid dripping out of a car exhaust!	John H (8)
618740	2007-12-09 21:59:00	There was still gas lighting in the village in Cumbria that my wife lived in when she was a youngster! Nostalgia has got me! I remember in the house I was brought up in until about 1950 there was gas lighting in the street. Wonderful old world gas lamps - best Victorian design. They even had the arm at the side for the gas lighter to lean his ladder against. I think in my day the gas lighter was only doing maintenance including winding up the clockwork for the auto starter. He may have been actually lighting the things though in my early years. The lamp post directly opposite our house was our favourite meeting place. We slung ropes on the thing for "Tarzan type games" And played running game "British Bulldog" etc. across the road. Now too busy with traffic and even yellow lines down. The only thing yellow I remember was the glow from the lamp itself - a lovely friendly soft light - I often pulled the curtains back when I went to bed just to look at it. And in those days the lamps were shut off at about 11pm. Lovely. The sky was a mass of brilliant stars - what a pity modern youths never get to see the glorious display directly above their heads. It's time we looked at and got rid of light pollution. Tom	Thomas01 (317)
618741	2007-12-09 22:31:00	See, you are older than you thought! Where was this Thomas? NZ or Britain?	John H (8)
618742	2007-12-09 22:52:00	See, you are older than you thought! Where was this Thomas? NZ or Britain? Britain. Blackpool mostly. And NZ from 1972 Tom	Thomas01 (317)
618743	2007-12-10 00:47:00	Although I already have DVS if I didn't I would not on principle. The HRV Telemarketers drive me nuts with their constant phone calls. I have requested several times for them to remove my number but they never do. DVS Works great for me and their backup is great. I call them when I want a replacement filter and it is normally here the following day. Simple to replace. Do what a friend of mine does. Asks them to hang on a minute and never goes back ,see if they get fed up with that tactic! The modern house,which we fortunately have,has double glazing extra size bats,50 mm polystyrene in conc floor, requires none of the above.	Cicero (40)
618744	2007-12-10 01:55:00	I don't like Telemarketers or Door to Door salespeople, they all get the blunt end of the stick when they deal with me anyway. Door to Door salespeople have to be VERY fast to even get one word in before the door is shut. I have been considering fitting a speaker above the front door and I can tell them to get lost from my office. My office looks right out onto the front door and has a very dark mirror tint. If i want something i go get it. I feel I do not need people telling me what i need.	Bantu (52)
618745	2007-12-10 04:09:00	I think Metla above is correct. If the air is circulated, and depending on it's temperature any moisture is either diluted (i.e. less water vapor per unit air volume) or concentrated (i.e. more water vapor per unit air volume). The warmer the air then the more dispersed or diluted is the moisture, and the colder the air then moisture is more concentrated. Any difference in temperature might be too small for any moisture to be apparent, and it's initial volume (i.e. water vapor volume) relative to the air volume might be also small. Hence because of this, a drainage system may not be necessary under ambient temperature conditions.	kahawai chaser (3545)
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