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Posted by J.D. on October 21, 2005, 11:13 am
Aprillaire Recomends the use of hot water if you are
using the humidifier on the cold air return duct or not geting enought
humidity output.I've had two Aprilaire units and like them both. if you have
hard water or softened water you pretty much have to have a drain type,
other wise you could go back to the drum type.
I'm assuming the manufacturer had you check the water flow from the
discharge to make sure the unit was getting water ?
> Hello people,
>
> Hope you won't mind a couple of questions.
>
> I used to have a drum humidifier on the furnace (General Aire model 81
> -
> http://www.generalaire.com/humidifiers/81/pdf/GA_65_81_747L_final.pdf)
> which served me faithfully until it broke about a year ago. The house
> is about 2,500 sq.ft. and I could get the humidity to 40% with no
> problems.
>
> As a replacement, a friend recommended the flow-through (Wait 6000 -
> http://www.airkinglimited.com/airkingca/default.asp?action=read&art_id=259),
> which I installed.
>
> The problem is that the new humidifier does not seem to get the job
> done. Last winter, I could not get the humidity above 15% although the
> humidistat was set to max and the humidifier was turning on and off
> with the furnace.
>
> I spent some time on the phone with Air King support and it seems that
> everything was installed and operating as intended. Except the results
> :(
>
> So, I need to replace the humidifier with a model that will do the job
> and I have some questions:
>
> Is this a general problem with the flow-through humidifiers or did I
> just get a crappy (or underpowered) model?
>
> Should I go back to a drum model? I was quite happy with the one that
> I had, except that the hard water tended to petrify the sponge after
> one season.
>
> What's the deal with the flow-through anyway? They seem less
> water-efficient.
>
> In any case, what models would be recommended?
>
> Thank you very much for your time,
> Alex.
>
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