dELTA
January 10th, 2009, 07:32
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[Originally Posted by Woodmann;78672]So how can the relative humidity in a 5 X 10 foot bathroom be affected by the season ?
The shower itself creates the relative humidity in the bathroom doesnt it ? |
As explained above, the season (or rather the outdoor temperature) will unavoidably affect the relative humidity of
any areas inside your house that contain breathable air, which should include your bathroom, no matter its size.
And yes, the showering helps to increase the humidity of the nearby air when you use it, but it also increases the temperature of the air in your small bathroom, which in turn will decrease its relative humidity. I couldn't say exactly how much each of two these factors contribute "in opposite directions", but what I can say is that you don't get cold the exact second you turn off the shower do you, but rather when you
step out of the shower, which also happens to be the moment when you are exposed to air that has not been as much affected by the showering activity as the air that surrounds you in the immediate area of the shower itself, even though you might even still be inside the bathroom (but if you step out of there too, the difference will be even more apparent, right?).