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Honeywell Humidicalc Recommended Instead of Outdoor Sensor? (Automatic Humidity Control) poster3814 05-23-2007
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Posted by poster3814 on May 23, 2007, 1:20 pm
[Note: also posted in alt.home.repair, but I'd also like to get any
helpful information from this group.]

Is there a consensus whether Honeywell's Humidicalc is better or worse
than using an actual outdoor sensor, as with Aprilaire humidifiers that
automatically adjust the humidity?

The following is from a Honeywell PDF manual:
"The HumidCalc+™ software inside your automatic humidity control is
designed to measure or infer outdoor temperature and automatically
adjust the humidity based on the frost factor setting that the homeowner
sets to allow for variances in furnace size, window type and insulation."

In trying to find info on the web, I found this:

"Honeywell humidistat wins 'Seven Wonders' Engineering Award.
Contracting Business, April, 1999

"No outdoor sensor needed for most applications Honeywell's new
humidistat has earned a Seven Wonders of Engineering Award from the
Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers. The H1008 Automatic
Humidity Control with HumidiCalc+[TM] Software is the first standalone
humidistat to control to dewpoint instead of relative humidity."

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3071/is_199904/ai_n13102640

Thank you very much for any helpful information.
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Posted by on May 23, 2007, 1:41 pm
On Wed, 23 May 2007 17:20:41 GMT, poster3814

>[Note: also posted in alt.home.repair, but I'd also like to get any
>helpful information from this group.]

        Well, then, you're pretty much fucked.

>
>Is there a consensus whether Honeywell's Humidicalc is better or worse
>than using an actual outdoor sensor, as with Aprilaire humidifiers that
>automatically adjust the humidity?
>
>The following is from a Honeywell PDF manual:
>"The HumidCalc+™ software inside your automatic humidity control is
>designed to measure or infer outdoor temperature and automatically
>adjust the humidity based on the frost factor setting that the homeowner
>sets to allow for variances in furnace size, window type and insulation."
>
>In trying to find info on the web, I found this:
>
>"Honeywell humidistat wins 'Seven Wonders' Engineering Award.
>Contracting Business, April, 1999
>
>"No outdoor sensor needed for most applications Honeywell's new
>humidistat has earned a Seven Wonders of Engineering Award from the
>Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers. The H1008 Automatic
>Humidity Control with HumidiCalc+[TM] Software is the first standalone
>humidistat to control to dewpoint instead of relative humidity."
>
>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3071/is_199904/ai_n13102640
>
>Thank you very much for any helpful information.

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Posted by poster3814 on June 1, 2007, 4:31 pm
poster3814 wrote:
> [Note: also posted in alt.home.repair, but I'd also like to get any
> helpful information from this group.]
>
> Is there a consensus whether Honeywell's Humidicalc is better or worse
> than using an actual outdoor sensor, as with Aprilaire humidifiers that
> automatically adjust the humidity?
>
> The following is from a Honeywell PDF manual:
> "The HumidCalc+™ software inside your automatic humidity control is
> designed to measure or infer outdoor temperature and automatically
> adjust the humidity based on the frost factor setting that the homeowner
> sets to allow for variances in furnace size, window type and insulation."
>
> In trying to find info on the web, I found this:
>
> "Honeywell humidistat wins 'Seven Wonders' Engineering Award.
> Contracting Business, April, 1999
>
> "No outdoor sensor needed for most applications Honeywell's new
> humidistat has earned a Seven Wonders of Engineering Award from the
> Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers. The H1008 Automatic
> Humidity Control with HumidiCalc+[TM] Software is the first standalone
> humidistat to control to dewpoint instead of relative humidity."
>
> http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3071/is_199904/ai_n13102640
>
> Thank you very much for any helpful information.

I'm respectfully asking again for helpful opinions from knowledgeable
people on how Honeywell's Humidcalc method compares to humidifiers with
outdoor sensors, such as Aprilaire's humidifiers.

Thank you very much.
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Posted by poster3814 on June 1, 2007, 4:33 pm
poster3814 wrote:
> [Note: also posted in alt.home.repair, but I'd also like to get any
> helpful information from this group.]
>
> Is there a consensus whether Honeywell's Humidicalc is better or worse
> than using an actual outdoor sensor, as with Aprilaire humidifiers that
> automatically adjust the humidity?
>
> The following is from a Honeywell PDF manual:
> "The HumidCalc+™ software inside your automatic humidity control is
> designed to measure or infer outdoor temperature and automatically
> adjust the humidity based on the frost factor setting that the homeowner
> sets to allow for variances in furnace size, window type and insulation."
>
> In trying to find info on the web, I found this:
>
> "Honeywell humidistat wins 'Seven Wonders' Engineering Award.
> Contracting Business, April, 1999
>
> "No outdoor sensor needed for most applications Honeywell's new
> humidistat has earned a Seven Wonders of Engineering Award from the
> Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers. The H1008 Automatic
> Humidity Control with HumidiCalc+[TM] Software is the first standalone
> humidistat to control to dewpoint instead of relative humidity."
>
> http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3071/is_199904/ai_n13102640
>
> Thank you very much for any helpful information.

I'm respectfully asking again for helpful opinions from knowledgeable
people on how Honeywell's Humidcalc method compares to humidifiers with
outdoor sensors, such as Aprilaire's automatic humidifiers.

Thank you very much.
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