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On Jul 19, 1:28*pm, wrote:



On Jul 19, 12:33*pm, "
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I use an AprilAire whole house humidifier and have a huge dust problem
in winter from the minerals in the water. *Can anyone recommend the
best type water filter unit and cartridge to put into the water line
to the humidifier?

Thanks,

Ed S.

* *Are you making the mistake of using softened water to the
humidifier? *Softened water does not usually remove the dust problem
and can make it worse.

* *Are you sure the problem is coming from the water/humidifier?

The AprilAire uses a simple evaporation pad/element with redirected
plenum air. *I don't have a water softener. *I did a search of the
archives here and the concensus was to use point of use filters
instead of point of entry. *I'm thinking a filter that filters out
"sediment" or the stuff that becomes sediment. *I run the A/C the rest
of the year and don't have an excess dust problem during A/C use.

Ed S.

Ed-

Sorry, I didn't read you post carefully enough.
If you have a truly evaporative humidifier then I'm stumped about the
source of the dust.

My experience with humidifier dust is with ultrasonic type...they
atomize the water rather than evaporating it, thus sending out tiny
droplets of mineralized water.

cheers
Bob