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Posted by Stormin Mormon on November 3, 2009, 8:36 am
When I worked for Sears, my trainer told me that the
rotating drum types are a breeding ground for bacteria.
Warm, wet, and stagnant pond of water. I can see that.
The Aprilaire flow through types I like them. They do waste
a bit of water, but that's life. Use hot water from near the
top of the water tank, cause you get a lot better
evaporation.
Mist types, I have no experience with them.
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We're going to have a whole-house humidifier installed. We
don't want
to go through another winter with cracked skin and static
electricity.
We have a 1970's-era two story house of perhaps 2000 square
feet plus
a basement.
We were given a Honeywell Enviracaire elite HE225
flow-through
humidifier by family members who used to have installed on
their
furnace. They used it rarely and said they had trouble
adjusting it
to a good setting. Not sure if it was user error or just a
mediocre
model.
We have a drain as well as electric close to our furnace so
we can
install just about any model.
Anyone have any experience with the different types?
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Posted by RickH on November 3, 2009, 10:08 am
> We're going to have a whole-house humidifier installed. =A0We don't want
> to go through another winter with cracked skin and static electricity.
> We have a 1970's-era two story house of perhaps 2000 square feet plus
> a basement.
> We were given a Honeywell Enviracaire elite HE225 flow-through
> humidifier by family members who used to have installed on their
> furnace. They used it rarely and said they had trouble =A0adjusting it
> to a good setting. Not sure if it was user error or just a mediocre
> model.
> We have a drain as well as electric close to our furnace so we can
> install just about any model.
> Anyone have any experience with the different types?
The mist injector types are more prone to cause corrosion and dripping/
runoff inside the ductwork. Not familiar with drums, but would say it
adds too many moving parts and would be "pooling" water for the drum
which can be a source for bacteria. The flow through types
(Aprilaire) dont have these issues. In all cases dont let the
installer use a damn saddle valve, have him sweat in a proper soft
copper fitting with a good quality ball valve.
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> to go through another winter with cracked skin and static electricity.
> We have a 1970's-era two story house of perhaps 2000 square feet plus
> a basement.
> We were given a Honeywell Enviracaire elite HE225 flow-through
> humidifier by family members who used to have installed on their
> furnace. They used it rarely and said they had trouble =A0adjusting it
> to a good setting. Not sure if it was user error or just a mediocre
> model.
> We have a drain as well as electric close to our furnace so we can
> install just about any model.
> Anyone have any experience with the different types?