Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] Home humidifier

07 January 2014

Re: [DIY] Home humidifier

Thanks for reminding me to dig out my humidifier. It's an old Emerson Moistair HD13050 that can really pump out the cool wet air. I've used it every winter for years and never had a problem. I just buy new filters (available on line from a lot of sources) every couple of seasons and it's ready. It puts out a couple of gallons every 12 hours or so, which is plenty for my 1100 square feet.

On 1/6/2014 6:14 AM, Chuck Vischulis wrote:

One may be available but I would use caution. One was installed n our previous home and both my wife and I started having allergy problems. Our doctor told us to disable it because a warm moist place is a breeding place for molds and fungus. We did and though it took awhile ore symptoms disappeared. We now use a portable humidifier which eliminated the problem. Once humidifiers installed in the ductwork were all the rage but tie has shown that they are not the healthiest.

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On Sunday, January 5, 2014 9:19 PM, Dale S <dalu@hbcomm.net> wrote:

It is what you would use to add moisture with or without menthol vapor in a child's bedroom and we bought it in the pharmacy at Wal-Mart.

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Jerry Hnidy wrote:

Does this vaporizer? Stand alone in some other room of the house? And who makes such a thing?

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On Jan 5, 2014 9:09 PM, "Dale S" <dalu@hbcomm.net> wrote:

Yes, but you don't want to use one as the moisture needs to pass through the heat exchanger where it will either cause rust and corrosion or will be dried out of the air stream. We have a whole house humidifier on our furnace but have opted to use a vaporized instead as it puts the vapor directly into the room air and works much better. We had tried several expensive humidifiers in the past but found that the vaporizer was far more cost effective. We are able to maintain about 50% humidity which is quite liveable in the winter months.

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Jerry Hnidy wrote:

My house is very dry but I don't want to cut into the warm side of my forced air furnace. Didn't they used to make a humidifier that went into the cold side of the sheet metal ductwork?

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