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brooklyn1

wrote:
> "Elmo P. S > wrote:
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>>
>>> I can't really get behind this dishwasher as home heating device
>>> unless you live in a one room studio.
>>
>>The size of the house has nothing to do with it. The fact remains: if
>>you need to add heat to the home to make it comfortable for living, then
>>the heat from the dishwasher's dry cycle will ultimately be sent into
>>the inside of the home itself. That is heat that the furnace does NOT
>>have to supply.
>>
>>In a studio apartment, it may be a significant percentage of the total
>>heat needed to raise the inside temperature of the apartment. In a
>>large house, it may be a very small percentage of the total heat needed.
>>Regardless, it is heat and it will have an effect--in other words, it
>>won't go to waste.
>>
>>However, when you're using the A/C in summer, the added heat load of the
>>dry cycle is heat that the A/C must work HARDER at to remove from the
>>inside of the house--again, regardless of whether it's a studio
>>apartment or a large house.
>
>
> But the added humidity from the dry cycle is a _deffinate_ bonus

Why would one want to add humidity to an air conditioned space, in fact
dehumidifying is the primary function of an air conditioner, cooling is
secondary... many folks over engineer their AC system by going overboard on
the BTUs, but then it cools too quickly and shuts down before it can wring
out moisture, then no matter how low the thermostat is set they will be
living in a cold clammy house. I assume you meant to type *defecate*...
what an asshole! LOL