Any suggestions for a brand of humidifier? My HVAC guy has installed Aprilaire before but will put in whatever I want. The house is forced air gas heat, about 2500 square feet and is in northern Iowa.
Thanks for any help.
Kind regards,
Dennis
Any suggestions for a brand of humidifier? My HVAC guy has installed Aprilaire before but will put in whatever I want. The house is forced air gas heat, about 2500 square feet and is in northern Iowa.
Thanks for any help.
Kind regards,
Dennis
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My preference is the Envirocare humidifiers by Honeywell, with the HumidiCalc coputerized controller. Not only do the offer features, such as the AgION anti-microbial pad coating, that no other offers, they have a 5 year warranty, whereas AprilAire offers only 1 year. If you have a high efficiency furnace, go with the powered version in lieu of the bypass style.
Tim,
Do you have a link to the Envirocare system? I couldn't find it on Honeywell's site.
Thanks,
Dennis
Go to http://customer.honeywell.com/Business/Cultures/en-US/Default.htm then select Products, Homes, then Whole House Air Quality. From there you can select from air cleaners, humidifiers, CO detectors, ventilation products and UV air treatment.
I installed an Aprilaire two years ago, primarily because it was the only unit available that was rated to work with hot water on a cold air return (a constrant imposed by clearance problems). I've been quite happy with it. The exterior temperature sensor that adjusts humidity levels is nice, though I'd prefer a tad more sophisitication (24 hour memory). But regardless of its imperfections I'd consider this sort of sensor to be a requirement should I need to replace the unit.
But, having said all that, I don't know of any reason why any of the major brands wouldn't be acceptable. They're not real complicated.
happy?
Aprilaire here, works great, the couple calls I made for support were handled nicely too. I have forced air, oil heat.
PJ
I have two AprilAire powered humidiers, and I like them so far. I especially agree with the powered part, but of course you have to have a plug nearby. I also like the humidity/outside temperature adjustment.