1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: From a single computer to tens of thousands of computers 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: and servers. Mosey by e MC protects data and files 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: with the most trusted cloud backup service for business. Visit 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: Mosey dot com to learn more. That's m o z 5 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 1: Y dot com. Mosey It's always there. Welcome to brain 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: Stuff from how Stuff Works dot com where smart Happens. Hi, 7 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: I'm Marshall Brain with today's question. How does a d 8 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: humidifier work? The basic goal of any d humidifier is 9 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 1: to remove moisture from the air. With a mechanical d humidifier, 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: the usual technique is to condense the moisture onto a 11 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: cold surface. Anyone who has poured a cold glass of 12 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: iced tea on a hot, humid summer day knows that 13 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 1: moisture will condense on the glass. When eric cools, it 14 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: loses its ability to hold moisture. The moisture in the 15 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: air condenses right onto the glass because it has nowhere 16 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: else to go. If the glass is left on the 17 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: table long enough, and if the air is very humid, 18 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: a significant puddle of water conform, and that's the basis 19 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: of de humidification. You may have noticed the same phenomenon. 20 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: In any air conditioner, the moisture in the air inside 21 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: the room condenses onto the air conditioners cold coils. If 22 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: it's a window unit, the condensed water drips out the 23 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 1: back of the unit onto the ground. A d humidifier 24 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: is simply an air conditioner that has both it's hot 25 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,479 Speaker 1: and its cold coils in the same box. A fan 26 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: draws the rooms air over the cold coils of the 27 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: air conditioner to condense the moisture, which normally drips into 28 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: a bucket. The dry air then passes through the hot 29 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,479 Speaker 1: coil to heat it back up to its original temperature. 30 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: That's all there is to it. If you have a 31 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: room that is air conditioned, it should not need a 32 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: d humidifier. The air conditioners should be doing the de 33 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: humidifying for you. Do you have any ideas or suggestions 34 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: for this podcast? If so, please send me an email 35 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: at podcast that how stuff works dot com. For more 36 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: on this and thousands of other topics, go to how 37 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: stuff works dot com. Protect your organization's critical files with 38 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 1: Mosey by E m C, the most trusted name in 39 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: cloud backup. Don't leave the security of your business critical 40 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: files to anyone but Mosey by E m C, Visit 41 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: mosey dot com or ask your I T provider from 42 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: Mosey Cloud backup. That's m o z y dot com