Humidifiers

BillW@honeywell

The HE225A&B and the HE265A&B flow-thru/bypass and the HE 365A & B fan assisted model. All come as complete kits with all installation accessories and feature either a standard humidity control or a Humidicalc humidity control that is the better of the two. All feature the Agion anti-microbial pad. Easy to service, pads widely available. Both require drains. Avoid any humidifier without a drain, they can cause IAQ problems if not carefully maintained. For more info, go to www.customer.honeywell.com and follow the prompts for more info.

Robert O'Connor_12

Humidifiers

Does anyone have any experiences, good or bad about whole house humidification devices. I was speaking to a "scorched air" contractor friend (I know, I know, I'm bad) and he suggested an April Air model 360. I recently installed central air in my house with a large media filter because I'd like to filter the air ALL year long due to my, and my daughters bad allergies. The problem as I see it with its installation is the location. I can't locate it anywhere "reasonable" on my second floor , but my first floor coat closet would be perfect. I am worried about saturating my wifes antique funiture as well as other things that could be a problem if over humidified. The only return I have is on the second floor ceiling at the top of the landing, in the hall.

http://www.aprilaire.com/product.asp?ID=FBEB12213A034BF8B488ADBA514A15E1&categoryID=F16F78145781484A8A7C756B87F43AB3&catID=


Robert O'Connor/NJ...I still love my warm floors, but am a wee bit dry.

Empire_2

Evaporative humidification.

It would never get to the point of saturation that you fear. 50% RH is a typical max of this kind of humidification device. Carrier/Bryant make a steam generating type humidifier that may fit your tight application. These (CAN) make things wet if not sized properly. What is the SQ FT of the house and the construction, as in tightness of the structure?

Mike T. P.S. I love warm air.;-)

Mark_46

Aprilaire whole house device

can't offer any real life experience regarding this device for now. However, I will have one of these installed in a few weeks...I could report back then.

I hope it is a good unit. My biggest concern was that the device can humidify a whole house even though it may be, for example, located on the first floor. This will supposedly humidify the second floor as well. Without a lot of research, im taking a leap of faith on this one.

John Ketterman

I've never had any luck with duct-mounted humidifiers; they need a lot of care and attention or they clog up. And that's with a drain; I don't know if these freestanding (non-duct-mounted) units you are interested in use drains. If not, the sediment has nowhere to go, so incessant cleaning is needed.

You don't have to worry about there being too much humidity near the unit. It never humidifies as much as they say, and the humidity spreads quickly.

I now live in a house with hot water heat and have settled on a regular, old-fashioned panel humidifier, the large kind with wheels and a fan and filters. They make a little noise and they take up space but they work well and you only have to change the filter once a year. You do have to fill the flasks with water daily, though. I'd never go back to Aprilaires again.

Robert O'Connor_12

Mike T

My house is apox. 2400 sq. foot and by most measures isn't too tight, built 1926. I have replaced most of the windows and have insulated two rooms that I've renovated (kitchen & Bath) and come end of summer I'm going to get the blown in insulation. The unit AA-360 has a humidistat that gets mounted min., 5' away.


http://www.aprilaire.com/pdfs/humidifiers_768.pdf


Robert O'Connor/NJ

JK_4

Aprilaire

I have installed many of the Aprilaire units over the years and have had many a happy cust. The best is one of the flow through models as they are realitivly low maint. but you want to change the panal as suggested. I prefer the steam models for a few reasons including limited space. I also suggest an in line filter on the supply for a better quaility of humidifcation as well as extending the life and lessening the cleaning of the unit.

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Stan W_2

humidifiers

I heard that using an advance reverse osmosis water treatment through a humidifier results in cleaning/ maintenance is practically non existant.
The draw back of using advance r.o. is that the cost of advance r.o. water. The advance r.o.treated water ratio is at least / about produces 1:4 , So it dumps 4 gallons to produce 1 treated gallon. It is also fairly acidic.

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Stan is correct about the ro water, which is why never to use copper after the ro treatment... Also, the drip or flow thru humidfier are much better than the pan/paddle type for bacterica reasons...
Unless u have 24 hrs water treatment, u will get clogged panel and the humdifer will go off during the water treatment regeneration... Aprilaire (new stlye) is my choice...