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humidifier - which one is best?
What about these ultrasonic humidifiers? Are they any good?
Do they really need demineralized water? I seem to remember at one point there was a health hazard associated with them. I need some kind of unit for my daughters bedroom, she has eczema and we need to make sure the RH is kept in the normal range. Thanks Eric -- Demand an honest vote! Go to revotewa.com |
We have very hard water, they do indeed need soft or demineralized water.
During the summer I use A/C condensate, during the other times, I use rainwater poured through cheesecloth. Gerber makes one, at WalMart for less than $40. As for your question of safety, the URL was too long, here are the details. ******************** Ultrasonic Humidifiers May Be a Health Hazard BOISE: Ultrasonic humidifiers that aerosolize water pose a health hazard if tap water is used in them, since minerals and other materials dissolved in the water may be released as particles small enough to be inhaled deep into the lungs. That is the conclusion of researchers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. V. Ross Highsmith and Charles E. Rodes from the agency's Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Richard J. Hardy of Morrison-Knudsen Engineers in Boise, Idaho .... ******************** Eric wrote in message ... What about these ultrasonic humidifiers? Are they any good? Do they really need demineralized water? I seem to remember at one point there was a health hazard associated with them. I need some kind of unit for my daughters bedroom, she has eczema and we need to make sure the RH is kept in the normal range. Thanks Eric -- Demand an honest vote! Go to revotewa.com |
"Michael Baugh" wrote We have very hard water, they do indeed need soft or demineralized water. During the summer I use A/C condensate You mean where Legionaire's disease comes from? Yummy! |
Eric wrote:
What about these ultrasonic humidifiers? Are they any good? Do they really need demineralized water? I seem to remember at one point there was a health hazard associated with them. I need some kind of unit for my daughters bedroom, she has eczema and we need to make sure the RH is kept in the normal range. Thanks Eric I have an Aprilair on my central heating system and will not consider anything else. -- Joseph Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math |
WTF?!
Michael So you are telling us that you pour dirty mold infested scummy slimmey bacteria filled A/C condensate water into your portable humidifier? And other times you use dirty, polluted, smog filled, chemically mixed rain water? OH, thats right. You filter it through cheese cloth. That will solve it all. Bubba On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 05:59:01 -0500, "Michael Baugh" wrote: We have very hard water, they do indeed need soft or demineralized water. During the summer I use A/C condensate, during the other times, I use rainwater poured through cheesecloth. Gerber makes one, at WalMart for less than $40. As for your question of safety, the URL was too long, here are the details. ******************** Ultrasonic Humidifiers May Be a Health Hazard BOISE: Ultrasonic humidifiers that aerosolize water pose a health hazard if tap water is used in them, since minerals and other materials dissolved in the water may be released as particles small enough to be inhaled deep into the lungs. That is the conclusion of researchers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. V. Ross Highsmith and Charles E. Rodes from the agency's Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Richard J. Hardy of Morrison-Knudsen Engineers in Boise, Idaho ... ******************** Eric wrote in message ... What about these ultrasonic humidifiers? Are they any good? Do they really need demineralized water? I seem to remember at one point there was a health hazard associated with them. I need some kind of unit for my daughters bedroom, she has eczema and we need to make sure the RH is kept in the normal range. Thanks Eric -- Demand an honest vote! Go to revotewa.com |
On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 11:36:48 GMT, "Red Neckerson"
wrote: "Michael Baugh" wrote We have very hard water, they do indeed need soft or demineralized water. During the summer I use A/C condensate You mean where Legionaire's disease comes from? Yummy! Agreed. Plus think about how must mold/spores you are putting back into the air! Ultrasonics do not kill the junk, it just throws it out in the air to evaporation. Yuck! later, tom @ www.FreelancingProjects.com |
On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:04:26 GMT, "Joseph Meehan"
wrote: Eric wrote: What about these ultrasonic humidifiers? Are they any good? Do they really need demineralized water? I seem to remember at one point there was a health hazard associated with them. I need some kind of unit for my daughters bedroom, she has eczema and we need to make sure the RH is kept in the normal range. Thanks Eric I have an Aprilair on my central heating system and will not consider anything else. My inlaws do vent duct cleaning. That manufacture makes them lost of money doing duct replacement, after the owner sees what highly moist air grows in the darkness of ducts. Muahahahahaha |
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Oh, for you, I promise to let it sit around for a couple of weeks before I
use it. Bubba wrote in message ... WTF?! Michael So you are telling us that you pour dirty mold infested scummy slimmey bacteria filled A/C condensate water into your portable humidifier? And other times you use dirty, polluted, smog filled, chemically mixed rain water? OH, thats right. You filter it through cheese cloth. That will solve it all. Bubba On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 05:59:01 -0500, "Michael Baugh" wrote: We have very hard water, they do indeed need soft or demineralized water. During the summer I use A/C condensate, during the other times, I use rainwater poured through cheesecloth. Gerber makes one, at WalMart for less than $40. As for your question of safety, the URL was too long, here are the details. ******************** Ultrasonic Humidifiers May Be a Health Hazard BOISE: Ultrasonic humidifiers that aerosolize water pose a health hazard if tap water is used in them, since minerals and other materials dissolved in the water may be released as particles small enough to be inhaled deep into the lungs. That is the conclusion of researchers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. V. Ross Highsmith and Charles E. Rodes from the agency's Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Richard J. Hardy of Morrison-Knudsen Engineers in Boise, Idaho ... ******************** Eric wrote in message ... What about these ultrasonic humidifiers? Are they any good? Do they really need demineralized water? I seem to remember at one point there was a health hazard associated with them. I need some kind of unit for my daughters bedroom, she has eczema and we need to make sure the RH is kept in the normal range. Thanks Eric -- Demand an honest vote! Go to revotewa.com |
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