"Joseph Meehan" wrote in message
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Al D wrote:
Does anyone know about adding a humidifier to an existing forced hot
air furnace? I hear from a few people that it isn't a good idea
because it will ruin the furnace components.

Only a poorly designed, sized or installed unit will damage anything.

My house air is very
dry and needs to be helped. The heating contractor that I have said
that they now make humidifiers that don't ruin the furnace itself.

Very true.

He also said that a UV light along with the humidifier helps with
killing off mold.

Mold should not be a problem if everything else is working as it
should.
It sounds like he is trying to sell you something you don't need. As
always
get a second contractor to bid on the project. See what they say. It is
possible the first one saw something that triggered the mold issue, or it
may be that he has run into a number of such problems, maybe something
local
maybe just him.


Actually....when one is placed where it will shine directly onto the A-coil,
cleaning it and dirty sock syndrome are non existant.
Mold exists EVERYWHERE...just needs three things to take off...dark, water,
and food....a dirty A-coil is the ticket..and yes...we see mold in EVERY AC
unit at the coil at some time or another.


Question is: should I believe him? I'm not sure.
Does anyone know about this subject. ( It is a forced hot air furnace
with a Beckett burner ).

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Joseph E. Meehan

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