Show Solution To o Static Electricity It It isn't the heat its it's the hu humidity humidity humidity hu- hu THIS IS A common summertime summertime summertime summer summer- time complaint However when we turn on the heating system m in inthe inthe inthe the fall tall the opposite becomes true the Plumbing Heating Co Cooling Information B Bur Bureau u r e a au u says The relative humidity Inmany in inmany inmany many homes drops to around 15 per cent That's drier than famed Death Valley LACK OF proper humidity causes static electricity It can cause woodwork to shrink furniture furniture furniture fur fur- to become unglued and your drawers to stick Its It's re responsible responsible responsible re- re for dry Itchy skin and irritated nasal passa passages es The solution the Bureau says is to put moisture into the air Grandmother knew this That's why she set pans of ot Water wa water water wa- wa ter about the rooms This helped some but it was unscientific because she had no control over the amount of ot moisture added FOR THE SAKE of both health and comfort a home heated to 70 degrees should have a relative relative relative rela rela- tive humidity around 35 per cent So says Ken Fournier of Mfg Co a pioneer In humidification The modern way to achieve this Is to have a humidifier hu humidifier humidifier hu- hu Installed at the heating plant The idea that humidification Is needed only with war warm m air systems is a common fallacy You need it with heat too even though th the heating medium medium medium me me- Is water That's because an efficient system is closed The water Is heated by the boiler boiler boil boil- er then piped to radiation inthe In Inthe inthe the various rooms Theres There's no escaping vapor In other words |