How does the baseboard heater dry out the room?

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Like I know how say putting a pan on the stove dries it up, because the heat makes the water evaporate off the pan. But like if there’s a certain amount of humidity in the room how does turning on the baseboard heater make it so dry? Wouldn’t a water molecule in the air that came into contact with the heater just evaporate back into the very same room? Where does the humidity go?

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Basically every building has a ventilation system even if they don’t have air conditioning. When you heat up the water, it evaporates and mixes with the air in the room. The ventilation then takes the humid air out if the building.

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