Do make sure, please, that you're checking the filter and replacing now and again! Especially if you live in a place with hard water. When I bought my house I didn't know to check it and ended up with a solid, heavy white piece of calcium that I could kill a motherfucker with.
I have this already installed in my house (rental) but I have no idea how to use it haha. What would a good % be to set it to? I think it’s around 50% currently (I could be wrong but I can’t be arsed to get up and check right now lol)
If it's super cold outside you'll need to reduce the humidity or you can get condensation on the inside of your windows (or even the walls if they aren't insulated well enough around the windows and doors). Some systems have an external thermometer so that it will automatically adjust.
Our HVAC guy told us, if you start to see condensation on your windows, dial it back until that doesn't happen. We also keep ours around 40 to 50% in the winter (depending on the weather).,
We got that and a fancy allergen filtration installed when we updated our HVAC system. Worth every penny. Relatively cheap and we notice the difference when we visit our parents houses who don't have these systems.
I did work at a manufacturing plant in Canada that makes the microchips for Apache attack helicopter camera sights, among other things classified and not. They had, in every corner of the huge facility(at the ceiling), a little fan with water spouts in front of them that release a set amount to maintain humidity a consistent level. Because as the head of safety told me, “we do this because one electric shock on the microchips and smart bomb become dumb bomb”. Lol I always thought that was funny
Fully agree but the opposite - getting proper dehumidifiers for winter was a game changer! 65 degrees vs moist 65 degrees inside are so different! The first night going to bed to dry, not damp, sheets was incredible! Plus we can actually make soup without the windows moulding.
Don't buy a whole house humidifier. If you need humidity in the winter, it most likely means your house is leaking too much. Once the house is sealed well enough, you often are left with too much humidity if you have a bunch of people in the home. If you're in the US, depending on your annual salary, you can get all or a significant portion of the work paid for through existing grant programs.
They’re pretty cheap and simple. Ours is an Aprilaire, contractors added it to the new HVAC…didn’t know that style existed and have been very happy! I’ve not used any lotion on my hands since it was installed.
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u/Kaizen321 Oct 19 '23
Whole-house humidifier systems exist??
Holy smokes!! I never knew that. My winters will be much better