Does air conditioning remove more heat from humid air?

[lychette]

It appears that I made the modern equivalent of the 1861 model.
I folded a paper towel in half over my hand dish washer tool drip dryer, wetted it, and stuck a very light RTD probe between the sheets.

As long as the surface tension was able to hold the two halves together such that the RTD didn't fall out, I figured it was working.

ps. After some more observations, I'm having severe reservations regarding the "conventional wisdom" of the primary purpose of the "slinger ring". Although I'm in firm belief that the condensate pool increases the efficiency of a window A/C unit, I think the slinger blade serves more to try and clean up the pool.

I love the hand powered surfactant fluid dispenser and the debris removal tool BUt...' the temperature sensing bulb'...too 20Century

 

[OmCheeto]

Hygrometer, or the preferred name in the 1700's the wiki says by some, the hygroscope.

But then I see you went all high tech with a modification of the wet bulb-dry bulb technique.

High tech, and low brow.
I build a portable version yesterday morning, and took several measurements.
They made no sense.
So I redesigned it.

location      % RH      mg h2o/kg air      temp (°F)       notes

model 1               
kitchen        61       10.70               74             furthest point from A/C unit. should have the highest moisture content
LR south       58        9.80               72             where I sit and stare at data. should have a median moisture content
MBR south      70       10.10               67             where the A/C unit is located. should have the lowest moisture content

conclusion: there was something wrong with the folded paper towel design
theory: the huge plane of moisture was creating a localized increase in humidity
          
model 2                 
kitchen        63       11.70               75                 
MBR south      60        9.00               69           
Back Porch     44       13.70               91
kitchen        60       11.50               76
MBR south      62        9.30               69
conclusion: "relative humidity" is an annoying concept. look at the "Back Porch" numbers: lowest relative humidity, yet the highest moisture content by mass.

ps. I love doing A/C experiments, as I have a legitimate reason to run my 8000 BTU unit, 24/7.