Quantifying the Over-estimation of the Perceived Cooling from a Mist Fan

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Expectation may cause of over-estimation of mist cooling. Subjects were exposed to a misting fan and a non-misting fan. The misted airflow was covertly heated. 300 subjects on average chose the misting fan as cooler, even when the misting fan airflow was up to about 0.5K-0.7K warmer.