jwiiiiiiiiiiiiii wrote:
since the air gets very dry because of central heating, i have got a
humidifier, the kind you put water in and it throws out a fine cold mist
into the air.

what it is doing is putting a fine white dust on everything especially the
television which normally attracts a lot of dust anyway (due to static i
guess).

since we are in a hard water area (north london u.k.) would that be as
somebody has suggested the chalk in the water or is it something else? it
seems to like settling on the computer also in the cd tray etc, could this
be harmful? thanks for any advice




We tried one of these for awhile; the unit even
explains that the white powder (minerals) may be a
problem and if so one should use distilled water.

The white powder can be very destructive to
surfaces, operating motors, etc. And it's not too
good for your lungs either. We were unwilling to
buy that much distilled water and stopped using
the unit. You need to use distilled water or buy
the type of humidifier that evaporates the water
(rather than atomizing it). If the latter, you
will need to clean the mineral deposits from the
evaporating surface, but that is better than
having the fine dust blowing through the air,
especially into your lungs.