High humidty in House 72% Rh, creating mold to leather shoes in closet.

[jbraun (James E. Braun, CMI)]

@dandersen

Again, I said: “I never said it wouldn’t.”

**How do you figure I’m looking at it the wrong way when I never said it wouldn’t cause mold. Do I have to spell this Canadian? **

Your the one looking at it the wrong way! You don’t “get” moisture, it’s already there. It doesn’t have to change state for the mold to grow. The same amount of moisture is there no matter what state it is in, liquid or vapor. The # of Btu’s change, the moisture does not. Water vapor diffuses into the shoes and building materials depending on how hygroscopic they are.

Air releases moisture when it stops? So fast moving air can hold more water than slow moving air? I don’t see no air flow factors on the psychrometric chart! In all actuality, the higher the air flow the greater amounts of moisture will be absorbed by the shoes in the closet. It’s about vapor pressure. Higher vapor pressure in the air moves to lower pressures in the shoes. The more air movement, the more vapor at a higher pressure will contact the shoes.

It doesn’t have to rain for mold to grow.

What do you actually think allows moisture to stay in the air?
Think of it like this: A chicken hawk can soop down on a rabbit and lift it into the air. A chicken hawk cannot lift a rabbit into the air taking off from the ground. That is why you cannot use your chart for this, the chart does not take in all the factors.

You actually think there is the same amount of moisture in the air of Arizona and the state of Washington?

[jbraun (James E. Braun, CMI)]

Your chart would be more closer to be right if the house had a high velocity air system but other than that living in the air handler on the average HVAC would the chart be right.