Welcome to July – the dog days of summer – our state’s most oppressive month, and when Heat teams up with his no good toady Humidity, well that’s the proverbial recipe for disaster. Did you ever wonder why, on some really humid days, even though your air conditioner is screaming, you can’t seem to get relief? If you’re running your central air or your window units or your car’s AC at full bore, and you haven’t been able to achieve maximum comfort, you’re probably trying too hard.
When we’re uncomfortable, it’s natural to want to blast the fan and drop the temperature setting as low as one can. We wanna be cool, and we wanna be cool right now! This is America, after all! But the most effective way to lower the humidity level in your home or your room or your car is to operate your AC unit’s fan on low. Wait, what? That sounds paradoxical, but the lower the fan speed, the more slowly the air is moved across the coils, thus the more effectively the moisture is removed.
When it comes to comfort, the humidity level is arguably more important than the temperature (you know, it’s a dry heat), so if you’re not satisfied with how you’re being treated by your AC unit, try a little tenderness.
