I was just in Menards by me yesterday, and they had the one I mentioned in post #5. I replace the filter/wick once a year, and it puts out a LOT of water into the air. 7-10 gallons a day when it's really cold and dry outside. Here's the actual one I have, which is a little different from the one I originally posted. The Menards near me had three on the shelf. https://www.menards.com/main/heatin...0hb/p-1444430071835-c-9507.htm?tid=-1&ipos=83 It works well, but anything besides the lowest fan speed is VERY noisy. But the lowest fan speed seems to work well in delivering a lot of water to the air. I just bought a second one last year, and the pair on low speed is working out well, and I'm not refilling the bottles twice a day. Speaking of filling the bottles... They give you a hose with a small cup end to attach to a faucet. The faucets I have, they work ok, but double check that you can fill them with the faucets you have. I see the bottles from the one I originally posted in #5 have a different way of filling the bottles that might be better for some situations.
I bought the biggest one they had at Lowe’s. It holds 5 gallons of water and I only have to fill it up every few days. Has a humidistat on it. Aircare. The filters are a little expensive but it’s better than filling multiple little ones every day.
That is just like the one the previous owners of my house had. They even left it here for us after we bought the house. Sadly it didn't work anymore. So, I gutted it and now I use the casing to store ammo, mainly shotgun shells. Sweet, im gonna get another one. Maybe even one for upstairs.
Steve, we have the same model Stumpy75 is talking about....over a half dozen years or more. Pull one bottle to fill at kitchen sink (faucet has an extendable hose), return to frame and fill the other one. Keeps the 'sparks' away all winter . BTW, we live over in Wilmot..just off I29 on Hwy 15.
Well thats certainly going to be the one I'm getting, and as soon as possible. I can already see the static sparks when I take my pajama pants off every morning. Wow, Wilmot? Thats only like 1 1/2 hours away from me. Maybe we can meet up sometime. Do you pheasant hunt? My oldest son asks me almost every evening if we can go out looking for them. I said I live in Hecla didn't I??
Hi, just caught up to your reply. Up by the Refuge and close to"Bison Border!" Used to hunt when my son was around..and younger, so haven't been out for years. Not near as much fun alone! Been working on the woodpile...splitting and stacking for 21 and maybe 22. Wood is in the shed for this year. I've started burning in the evenings a couple weeks ago during the 'cold spell'. Let it go out during the day and start up again in the evening. Not up to 24 hr burns yet..which is good!
Living in Northeast Texas, we don't need a humidifier very often in the winter except when there is a long cold spell and I run the insert hard for several days in a row. My house is about 2,300 s.f. downstairs and I'm happy with the one I bought about 4 years ago. This one holds 2.5 gallons and I top it off in the morning. I believe there is also a model that holds 3.5 gallons. This is the one that I have: AIRCARE MA0800 Digital Whole-House Console-Style Evaporative Humidifier
Like many others, we have 2 of the big ones from Home Depot, same as Menards, that hold 5 gallons. They do work well and we just leave them on the low fan setting. First one is at least 5 years old and second is many 2 years now. Not running the stove yet, but need to get them going to help with the central humidifier that is on the furnace.
Yep, I know "cold spell" you're talking about. My son had his last football game in Ipswich and it was 13'F that evening sitting in the stands. Holy moley, was that cold. The only saving grace was the wind wasn't blowing.
So I'll make a stand alone post as well, but in the interest of discussion. I have a Central Boiler classic edge 750. My house is way too dry inside during the winter. fingers cracking ect. The hot water from the boiler runs through a sleeve on my hot water heater to heat the water, then through a coil in my electric furnace induction duct. Its a 2 story house with a finished basement. Does anyone have a recommendation for a whole house humidifier? My water heater is right next to the furnace so I can tap a water source right there. If I do run a whole house humidifier do I install it in the ductwork after the furnace blower so it pushes it through the house? Thanks for the input. Its much needed
You know I am sure glad you guys and gals brought up this subject since I just happen to be going into town today and will be looking for another humidifier. I have had the ultrasonic ones which do put out a lot of moisture but you have to use distilled water or else you get that white dust in the air from the minerals in the water not being distilled. Out here I am on a well and there is a lot of calcium in the water and I had this white dust on everything in the house and breathing in that crap was not the best thing.
Been married 20 years a/o earlier this month, never owned a dryer, don't plan to forseeably. Every apartment we had the misfortune to be in, had clothes lines outdoors, and a couple had anchors.for.running chotheslines.in the basement. Even in winter, we got some drying done outside...what with global warming .... Dont want the clutter, but might even find a way to dry some stuff by the wood stove one day. Sca
Well I bought one of the Air care humidifiers. Started using it last night. It does make a difference. Not complicated to use and put outs a lot of water into the air. It is the console looking one that is brown colored kind of like fake wood. Blows the air out through the top which I like also.
This makes sense to me. Wash clothing and put it on drying racks. It dries pretty quick in the winter. Between that and my wet boots, we haven't had an issue with dry air. My house is pretty old though, moisture is not my friend.
I have a saltwater reef aquarium upstairs. The auto top off reservoir needs to be refilled basically every other day in winter once the stove is going 24/7. It uses about a gallon a day to top off the tank's water level now. The rest of the year, the 2.5 gallon fresh water reservoir will last about a week. Since I got my lacrosse weather station, I've seen the humidity inside and try to note what it reads. The stove has been going all day, and it's reading 50% humidity inside. It seems the Mayo clinic says that 30-50% humidity is ideal.
I was about 22 to25 % humidity inside the house. After a day and a half of using the new humidifier it is at 36 %.
I have an easier air that is in the main living area, then a small humidifier in each of the kids rooms. They work well and run pretty much constantly through the heating season. The radical air seems to last a little over 24 hrs between fills.Google Image Result for https://www.essickair.com/media/wysiwyg/slider2product-new.png
