Looking for a source selling metal humidifiers for older style cast iron
radiators. The type we have now is labeled "Fulton Humidifer". It inerts
into the end of the radiator with a filling reservoir.

Any sources out there for these units?

pet wrote in
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Looking for a source selling metal humidifiers for older style cast
iron radiators. The type we have now is labeled "Fulton Humidifer".
It inerts into the end of the radiator with a filling reservoir.

Any sources out there for these units?

Didn't have to look too far to find this...

http://www.kilianhardware.com/radhum.html

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But they're having 'production problems'. And they tend
to encourage mold growth if you don't take them out and
wash them thoroughly on a regular basis, with a vinegar
rinse thrown in.

Wayne Boatwright wrote in message
...
Didn't have to look too far to find this...

http://www.kilianhardware.com/radhum.html

"Michael Baugh" wrote in news:Tkwcd.177090
:

But they're having 'production problems'. And they tend
to encourage mold growth if you don't take them out and
wash them thoroughly on a regular basis, with a vinegar
rinse thrown in.

Would this not have always been a problem?

Wayne Boatwright wrote in message
...
Didn't have to look too far to find this...

http://www.kilianhardware.com/radhum.html







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On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 11:39:37 -0400, Michael Baugh wrote:

But they're having 'production problems'. And they tend
to encourage mold growth if you don't take them out and
wash them thoroughly on a regular basis, with a vinegar
rinse thrown in.

Wayne Boatwright wrote in message
...
Didn't have to look too far to find this...

http://www.kilianhardware.com/radhum.html



It matters not what humidification system one has, keeping the system
clean is best for longevity of the system as well as health of building
occupants.

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 13:09:04 +0000, Wayne Boatwright wrote:

pet wrote in
news
Looking for a source selling metal humidifiers for older style cast
iron radiators. The type we have now is labeled "Fulton Humidifer".
It inerts into the end of the radiator with a filling reservoir.

Any sources out there for these units?

Didn't have to look too far to find this...

http://www.kilianhardware.com/radhum.html

I saw this before I posted in this newsgroup. The site says production
problems which indicates that the supplier has problems producing the
goods.

It's odd that only one site offers these units. I was hoping for more.

What difference does it make what kind of heat you have?
Air from outside, with low humidity, comes inside and is
heated. Giving it a relative humidity lower than the Sahara Desert.
Get a whole house humidifier, or individual room ones, and be
done with it.
We use an ultrasonic one in our bedroom, Wal-Mart at about $40.
It calls for using distilled water or soft water. I collect rainwater,
gets the job done nicely. During A/C weather, I use the condensate.

pet wrote in message
news
Looking for a source selling metal humidifiers for older style cast iron
radiators. The type we have now is labeled "Fulton Humidifer". It inerts
into the end of the radiator with a filling reservoir.

Any sources out there for these units?

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 11:36:53 -0400, Michael Baugh wrote:

What difference does it make what kind of heat you have?
Air from outside, with low humidity, comes inside and is
heated. Giving it a relative humidity lower than the Sahara Desert.
Get a whole house humidifier, or individual room ones, and be
done with it.
We use an ultrasonic one in our bedroom, Wal-Mart at about $40.
It calls for using distilled water or soft water. I collect rainwater,
gets the job done nicely. During A/C weather, I use the condensate.

pet wrote in message
news
Looking for a source selling metal humidifiers for older style cast iron
radiators. The type we have now is labeled "Fulton Humidifer". It inerts
into the end of the radiator with a filling reservoir.

Any sources out there for these units?

You missed the point. I know all about whole-house humidification. I am
trying to help an older person find a replacement for what she already
has. She has hot water heat and cast iron radiators. The humidifiers she
presently has are beginning to leak.

And a lot of things have come along since then.
Some of the things have been an improvement.
Or glance at
http://www.tullulastreasures.citymax...ge/1187545.htm

http://www.jsceramics.co.uk/product_...products_id=32


pet wrote in message
news
You missed the point. I know all about whole-house humidification. I am
trying to help an older person find a replacement for what she already
has. She has hot water heat and cast iron radiators. The humidifiers she
presently has are beginning to leak.

"Michael Baugh" wrote in message
...
What difference does it make what kind of heat you have?
Air from outside, with low humidity, comes inside and is
heated. Giving it a relative humidity lower than the Sahara Desert.
Get a whole house humidifier, or individual room ones, and be
done with it.
We use an ultrasonic one in our bedroom, Wal-Mart at about $40.
It calls for using distilled water or soft water. I collect rainwater,
gets the job done nicely.


During A/C weather, I use the condensate.


Why would you want to add humidity during the cooling season? Isn't the air
in summer humid enough already?
ron
charlottesville va

Reasonable question.
The A/C works by removing moisture from the air.
Moisture that was carrying heat. But if I remove a lot of
moisture, my family becomes the humidity source, so
my wife was waking up with dry eyes, scratchy throat, etc.
Daughter had respiratory effects as well, with allergens
being trapped in a more viscous nasal secretion.
Humidifiers cut that out, and I suspect helped the A/C to
do its job. Humidity went into the air, became a vapor
carrying the BTU's, then gave it up at the A/C coil.

Ron Herfurth wrote in message
...

During A/C weather, I use the condensate.

Why would you want to add humidity during the cooling season? Isn't the
air
in summer humid enough already?
ron
charlottesville va

My mother just put a baking dish of water on top of some of the
radiators, but those radiators had a flat top; some don't.

I'd be reluctant to use one of those Kilian units; my brother in law
drinks and that thing looks too much like a urinal.

If you have old ones that are leaking, try asking a furnace man or a
gutter maker if they can repair the old ones, or make new ones. It
looks like just a matter of bending some metal and soldering the seams.

pet wrote:
Looking for a source selling metal humidifiers for older style cast iron
radiators. The type we have now is labeled "Fulton Humidifer". It inerts
into the end of the radiator with a filling reservoir.

Any sources out there for these units?

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