What is the best humidifier I can buy for my furnace that will cover a 2750
square foot ranch house?
Thank you all for your recommendations.

I wired up 1 of these http://www.carelusa.com/homesteam.htm for a friend.
It's a home steam generator, comes with a flow switch to sense the HVAC fan,
diagnostics, dumps when water gets bad.
Nice machine.


"Joe" wrote in message
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What is the best humidifier I can buy for my furnace that will cover a
2750
square foot ranch house?
Thank you all for your recommendations.

In article %KHEb.88458$8y1.292208@attbi_s52, said...
What is the best humidifier I can buy for my furnace that will cover a 2750
square foot ranch house?

My recommendation is to not have one at all. I would never put one in my
house.

Why?

"Brad" wrote in message
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In article %KHEb.88458$8y1.292208@attbi_s52, said...
What is the best humidifier I can buy for my furnace that will cover a
2750
square foot ranch house?

My recommendation is to not have one at all. I would never put one in my
house.

April Air has a unit that monitors outside temperature and keeps
humidity at the optimal point you set, Set it once to when you get
condensation, back it off and thats it, its set. Steam units waist
electricity and can be bad for duct work, - rusting.

"m Ransley" wrote in message
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April Air has a unit that monitors outside temperature and keeps
humidity at the optimal point you set, Set it once to when you get
condensation, back it off and thats it, its set. Steam units waist
electricity and can be bad for duct work, - rusting.


I'll argue that one with you.

Honeywell makes an excellant one. It costs 3 time the Aprilair units,
though.

I wasnt aware the honywell adjusted humidity automaticly, but at 3 x
the cost maybe that is why my instaler didnt recomend it. The April Air
was plenty expensive.

"Joe" wrote in message
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What is the best humidifier I can buy for my furnace that will cover a
2750
square foot ranch house?
Thank you all for your recommendations.

Honeywell, or Aprilaire.

The ones we sell are Aprilaire...York rebadges the Aprilaire models for us
if we are doing a high end system and want the fancy labels to match...but
they work and when sized to the system, with a humidistat, work well.

"Brad" wrote in message
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In article %KHEb.88458$8y1.292208@attbi_s52, said...
What is the best humidifier I can buy for my furnace that will cover a
2750
square foot ranch house?

My recommendation is to not have one at all. I would never put one in my
house.

Please explain why, and while you are at it, list your qualifications in the
industry to make a statement that is such a blanket one.

Some homes...like log cabins, REQUIRE one....or two....or three...

"Brad" wrote in message
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In article %KHEb.88458$8y1.292208@attbi_s52, said...
What is the best humidifier I can buy for my furnace that will cover a
2750
square foot ranch house?

My recommendation is to not have one at all. I would never put one in my
house.

Me too. I would rather have my hardwood floors shrink, and the joints loosen
up on my wood furniture. Not to mention the scratchy throat in the morning
that I enjoy so much!
(Sarcasim off!)
Greg

it depends upon your water. But I would recommend one that has a drip pad
and no standing water!

Wayne

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What is the best humidifier I can buy for my furnace that will cover a
2750
square foot ranch house?
Thank you all for your recommendations.

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:08:19 -0500, Brad wrote:

In article %KHEb.88458$8y1.292208@attbi_s52, said...
What is the best humidifier I can buy for my furnace that will cover a 2750
square foot ranch house?

My recommendation is to not have one at all. I would never put one in my
house.

You must not live where real winters take place. Life for 5 months at
30F or colder really gets dry when warmed by forced air heat.

My boss and I installed Aprilaire 600 units for the three years I was
working with him. They were dependable, and a good design.


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"Joe" wrote in message
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What is the best humidifier I can buy for my furnace that will cover a 2750
square foot ranch house?
Thank you all for your recommendations.

I may have missed something, but the HW doesn't adjust automatically. I
does get the humidity in the house correctly.

My AA 550 runs all the time to try to get the house to 50% RH, and that is
using hot water across the panel.


"m Ransley" wrote in message
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I wasnt aware the honywell adjusted humidity automaticly, but at 3 x
the cost maybe that is why my instaler didnt recomend it. The April Air
was plenty expensive.

I guess I missed it , my mistake, the HW at 3 x the price i thought
would have that feature. Then why is it so costly and so good.