Hi,
I just installed an Aprilaire whole house humidifier in my ductwork. All
that's left is the wiring. I have a Comfortmaker Enviroplus90 gas furnace.
It has a Honeywell St9120 fan timer control board. It has a humidifier
connection plus a neutral connector. I wired from this to the aprilaire
control. But before I turn everything on, does anyone know if these
connections are 24vdc or 120vac? I can't find any documentation on that. I
assume DC but maybe I have to wire the transformer in line?
Thanks,
Jeff

Jeff Guay wrote:

Hi,
I just installed an Aprilaire whole house humidifier in my ductwork. All
that's left is the wiring. I have a Comfortmaker Enviroplus90 gas furnace.
It has a Honeywell St9120 fan timer control board. It has a humidifier
connection plus a neutral connector. I wired from this to the aprilaire
control. But before I turn everything on, does anyone know if these
connections are 24vdc or 120vac? I can't find any documentation on that. I
assume DC but maybe I have to wire the transformer in line?
Thanks,
Jeff


I seriously doubt they'd be dc, but they very well might be 24V AC.

That's what meters are for.

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The connections from the board are 120v. You will need a transformer to cut
the voltage down to 24v. Make sure you come off the humidifier tap. It
powers up when the inducer fan comes on. The EAC tap energizes with the
blower.




"Jeff Guay" wrote in message
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Hi,
I just installed an Aprilaire whole house humidifier in my ductwork. All
that's left is the wiring. I have a Comfortmaker Enviroplus90 gas
furnace. It has a Honeywell St9120 fan timer control board. It has a
humidifier connection plus a neutral connector. I wired from this to the
aprilaire control. But before I turn everything on, does anyone know if
these connections are 24vdc or 120vac? I can't find any documentation on
that. I assume DC but maybe I have to wire the transformer in line?
Thanks,
Jeff

"Jeff Guay" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I just installed an Aprilaire whole house humidifier in my ductwork. All
that's left is the wiring. I have a Comfortmaker Enviroplus90 gas
furnace. It has a Honeywell St9120 fan timer control board. It has a
humidifier connection plus a neutral connector. I wired from this to the
aprilaire control. But before I turn everything on, does anyone know if
these connections are 24vdc or 120vac? I can't find any documentation on
that. I assume DC but maybe I have to wire the transformer in line?
Thanks,
Jeff



You dont have enough information. You also, dont know a thing about the cost
of that board, since that board was in several configuations for several
different models.
It is NOT a DC board, nothing on that unit as far as controls is.
As far as the output....that would be something that your installers doc
would tell you, or you could measure.
However, on a gas unit like that, Id strongly suggest that you use a current
sensing relay as you should have already been told in the AprilAire docs...
And as a hint..I REALLY would not wire that to the Neutral on that
board...if you did, and you have applied power in testing the unit, you have
fried, or come real close to frying the solenoid on the humidifier.
Since you ddint say what model Aprilaire you have, this could be hit or miss
on what you should do, since different models come with different
parts....but..assuming you bought the proper sized unit for your home, and
assuming you got the cheapest one they offer:

You should have a Transformer, a humidistat, the bypass humidifier, and some
assorted fittings.
Use the transformer, and do NOT try to use the one with the unit, since
should you fry the solenoid on the humidifier, its on a sep setup and you
can still have heat..
Follow the instructions, mounting the transfomer on a J box as its shown,
and run the wires to the unit, and the remote current sensing relay that
didnt come with it that you have to buy separate from it, as shown. Remove
the wire that goes from your board to the motor that is labeled HEAT, slide
the relay over it, and reconnect it to the board.
And assuming that you didnt spend the extra $20 on the model with the remote
sensor, you dont have to worry about wiring that part...

Should take about an hour and you are done....assuming that you have your
water hooked up, and your bypass duct ran, and supported, and your drain ran
out.
Strongly suggest you run the units water drain on a dedicated line as well,
and NOT in the AC condensate drain.

"Zed" wrote in message
. ..
The connections from the board are 120v. You will need a transformer to
cut the voltage down to 24v. Make sure you come off the humidifier tap. It
powers up when the inducer fan comes on. The EAC tap energizes with the
blower.




Not on all of em....
Some are on teh 24VAC loop, but still, he needs to hook it up CORRECTLY, and
that way, is on the single instruction sheet supplied with ALL AprilAire
units.
They dont include them for the fun of it.


"Jeff Guay" wrote in message
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Hi,
I just installed an Aprilaire whole house humidifier in my ductwork. All
that's left is the wiring. I have a Comfortmaker Enviroplus90 gas
furnace. It has a Honeywell St9120 fan timer control board. It has a
humidifier connection plus a neutral connector. I wired from this to the
aprilaire control. But before I turn everything on, does anyone know if
these connections are 24vdc or 120vac? I can't find any documentation on
that. I assume DC but maybe I have to wire the transformer in line?
Thanks,
Jeff

CBHVAC wrote:
"Jeff Guay" wrote in message
...

Hi,
I just installed an Aprilaire whole house humidifier in my ductwork. All
that's left is the wiring. I have a Comfortmaker Enviroplus90 gas
furnace. It has a Honeywell St9120 fan timer control board. It has a
humidifier connection plus a neutral connector. I wired from this to the

Hi,
This means it is 120V AC. You hook up the x-former which came with the
humidifier kit here and use 24V AC output from x-former to control your
humidifier/humidistat.. x-former derived 24V AC is floating, no such
thing as hot and neutral. Trying to work on wiring without a multimeter
of some sort? They cost very little you know.
Good luck,
Tony
Contraprilaire control. But before I turn everything on, does anyone
know if
these connections are 24vdc or 120vac? I can't find any documentation on
that. I assume DC but maybe I have to wire the transformer in line?
Thanks,
Jeff

Thank you for your help. The unit is the Aprilaire 600. It does have an
outdoor temp sensor. I also found the info on Honeywell's site. The output
is definitely 120v. Are you saying not to use the transformer that came
with humidifier? I realize that there are two wiring configurations, one
for a furnace without a dedicated humidifier control and one for a furnace
with. Can I wire the 120 from the board's humidifier connection to the
supplied transformer's input and run the output to the humidistat? The
solenoid would only operate when the blower runs, right?

"CBHVAC" wrote in message
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"Jeff Guay" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I just installed an Aprilaire whole house humidifier in my ductwork.
All
that's left is the wiring. I have a Comfortmaker Enviroplus90 gas
furnace. It has a Honeywell St9120 fan timer control board. It has a
humidifier connection plus a neutral connector. I wired from this to
the
aprilaire control. But before I turn everything on, does anyone know if
these connections are 24vdc or 120vac? I can't find any documentation
on
that. I assume DC but maybe I have to wire the transformer in line?
Thanks,
Jeff



You dont have enough information. You also, dont know a thing about the
cost
of that board, since that board was in several configuations for several
different models.
It is NOT a DC board, nothing on that unit as far as controls is.
As far as the output....that would be something that your installers doc
would tell you, or you could measure.
However, on a gas unit like that, Id strongly suggest that you use a
current
sensing relay as you should have already been told in the AprilAire
docs...
And as a hint..I REALLY would not wire that to the Neutral on that
board...if you did, and you have applied power in testing the unit, you
have
fried, or come real close to frying the solenoid on the humidifier.
Since you ddint say what model Aprilaire you have, this could be hit or
miss
on what you should do, since different models come with different
parts....but..assuming you bought the proper sized unit for your home, and
assuming you got the cheapest one they offer:

You should have a Transformer, a humidistat, the bypass humidifier, and
some
assorted fittings.
Use the transformer, and do NOT try to use the one with the unit, since
should you fry the solenoid on the humidifier, its on a sep setup and you
can still have heat..
Follow the instructions, mounting the transfomer on a J box as its shown,
and run the wires to the unit, and the remote current sensing relay that
didnt come with it that you have to buy separate from it, as shown. Remove
the wire that goes from your board to the motor that is labeled HEAT,
slide
the relay over it, and reconnect it to the board.
And assuming that you didnt spend the extra $20 on the model with the
remote
sensor, you dont have to worry about wiring that part...

Should take about an hour and you are done....assuming that you have your
water hooked up, and your bypass duct ran, and supported, and your drain
ran
out.
Strongly suggest you run the units water drain on a dedicated line as
well,
and NOT in the AC condensate drain.

Can I wire the 120 from the board's humidifier connection to the
supplied transformer's input and run the output to the humidistat? The
solenoid would only operate when the blower runs, right?
Hi,
You got it. Key is humidifier and electronic air cleaner only need to
come on when blower is on. You're all set.
Good luck,
Tony


"CBHVAC" wrote in message
...

"Jeff Guay" wrote in message
...

Hi,
I just installed an Aprilaire whole house humidifier in my ductwork.

All

that's left is the wiring. I have a Comfortmaker Enviroplus90 gas
furnace. It has a Honeywell St9120 fan timer control board. It has a
humidifier connection plus a neutral connector. I wired from this to

the

aprilaire control. But before I turn everything on, does anyone know if
these connections are 24vdc or 120vac? I can't find any documentation

on

that. I assume DC but maybe I have to wire the transformer in line?
Thanks,
Jeff



You dont have enough information. You also, dont know a thing about the

cost

of that board, since that board was in several configuations for several
different models.
It is NOT a DC board, nothing on that unit as far as controls is.
As far as the output....that would be something that your installers doc
would tell you, or you could measure.
However, on a gas unit like that, Id strongly suggest that you use a

current

sensing relay as you should have already been told in the AprilAire

docs...

And as a hint..I REALLY would not wire that to the Neutral on that
board...if you did, and you have applied power in testing the unit, you

have

fried, or come real close to frying the solenoid on the humidifier.
Since you ddint say what model Aprilaire you have, this could be hit or

miss

on what you should do, since different models come with different
parts....but..assuming you bought the proper sized unit for your home, and
assuming you got the cheapest one they offer:

You should have a Transformer, a humidistat, the bypass humidifier, and

some

assorted fittings.
Use the transformer, and do NOT try to use the one with the unit, since
should you fry the solenoid on the humidifier, its on a sep setup and you
can still have heat..
Follow the instructions, mounting the transfomer on a J box as its shown,
and run the wires to the unit, and the remote current sensing relay that
didnt come with it that you have to buy separate from it, as shown. Remove
the wire that goes from your board to the motor that is labeled HEAT,

slide

the relay over it, and reconnect it to the board.
And assuming that you didnt spend the extra $20 on the model with the

remote

sensor, you dont have to worry about wiring that part...

Should take about an hour and you are done....assuming that you have your
water hooked up, and your bypass duct ran, and supported, and your drain

ran

out.
Strongly suggest you run the units water drain on a dedicated line as

well,

and NOT in the AC condensate drain.