Humidifying

Good To Know – Humidifying

Next to temperature and air purity a third factor comes into consideration for creating an ideal room climate: humidity. While our geographical location makes the danger of exceptionally moist room air very low, there is the possibility, especially in winter, that the rooms we heat will have dry air. The colder the temperature, the less chance air has of absorbing moisture.

Opening the Window Won’t Help

Moisture in the air can be measured with the aid of a Hygrometer (hygor=water). Medical experts recommend a relative air humidity between 40 and 60 percent.  At these levels, we feel that the air is ideally humidified. This humidity level is also ideal for our health, for animals and plants in the room, for furniture, musical instruments and much more.
During the winter months when the outside temperatures are grazing the freezing point, the relative humidity inside drops sharply. At an outside temperature of –7°C (19.4°F) and an inside temperature of 22°C (71.6°F) the air humidity level barely reaches 20%.
Opening the window will not help prevent dry room air during the heating season. While the air steaming into the room will bring a fresh supply of oxygen, this cold outside air contains very little moisture. This dry air only intensifies the problem. In fact, during this time of year, moisture must be added to the air. Like us,  air also gets thirsty. The art here is to give the air enough to drink to maintain an ideal air humidity level. If moisture is not added to the air artificially, it will try to quench its thirst by taking the moisture from our skin, mucous membranes, plants or wooden furniture.

PLASTON offers numerous systems and products to quench the thirst of dry air.