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RE: Got a cold......can i put something in the water ???? - Sleepster - 12-07-2012
(12-07-2012, 05:29 PM)JJJ Wrote: I wonder what temperature the water in the humidifier gets to. For example, my PRS1 can be set from 0 (off) to 5, and I find it works well for me at 2. I know it is heating the water, but I wonder what the temperature is at each setting. And ditto for the other machines with humidifiers out there.
Now there you go giving me an idea for an experiment.
I keep mine at 1 unless I have a cold, in which case I crank it up to 4 or 5. As high as I can go without getting rainout.
I've been wondering what happens at a setting of 1. Does the heater cycle on and off causing the temperature to fluctuate? I'll have to figure out a way to get a temperature sensor in there so I can record the temperature while I sleep.
RE: Got a cold......can i put something in the water ???? - JJJ - 12-07-2012
(12-07-2012, 09:28 PM)Sleepster Wrote:(12-07-2012, 05:29 PM)JJJ Wrote: I wonder what temperature the water in the humidifier gets to. For example, my PRS1 can be set from 0 (off) to 5, and I find it works well for me at 2. I know it is heating the water, but I wonder what the temperature is at each setting. And ditto for the other machines with humidifiers out there.
Now there you go giving me an idea for an experiment.
I keep mine at 1 unless I have a cold, in which case I crank it up to 4 or 5. As high as I can go without getting rainout.
I've been wondering what happens at a setting of 1. Does the heater cycle on and off causing the temperature to fluctuate? I'll have to figure out a way to get a temperature sensor in there so I can record the temperature while I sleep.
I started a new thread on this topic, rather than pervert this thread.
RE: Got a cold......can i put something in the water ???? - archangle - 12-08-2012
(12-07-2012, 12:29 PM)Podd Wrote: Archangle, as far as I understand Respiratory Epithelium Cells can absorb as well as expel moisture?
If so, I expect they absorb moisture from the warm, moist, exhaled air after your lungs have humidified it, not inhaled air. The energy equations go the wrong way for them to absorb water from the inhaled air, unless there's a from of active transport involved.