Humidifiers Any Suggestions, Integrated in Duct Not a Option

I have a Keystoker90 in my basement family room. It is setup somewhat like a furnace, 6 inch duct off the top feeding a Panasonic FV-20NLF1 inline fan that circulates 220 cfm to the upstairs, serving the bedrooms. The return air basically is the basement door opened and using that stairwell. I am searching for an evaporative style humdifier, that will be located next to the stove. We also have a 2 inch outside air intake near the stove, and a bedroom window cracked all nite so our air tends to get pretty dry. Static electricity runs high in the middle of winter, shocking the cat everytime you pet her Any ideas or suggestions.

Get a big console model. It doesn't have to be near the stove, moisture wicks through the air much easier than heat.

I have an idylis unit from lowes. During dead of winter with both the Surdiac and K-lite my house can get get quite dry, but the idylis unit keeps humidity around 50%. I use about 6-7 gallons of water per 24 hours.

Tim

I run 2 small ultrasonic cool mist units throughout the winter. One in my kids bedroom and one on the other end of the house by the stove. I used to use units that require wicking filters but replaced them with ultrasonic units, much easier to keep clean and maintain. I do notice a difference with them running. Not sure exactly how much electric they eat though!

a lot of us use them too, quite a few other threads on them. I use a 10 gallon console type in the living, sometimes a small one in bedroom if needed.

Do You Use a Humidifier?

The ultrasonics are great, unless you have hard water. Even with a water softener everything in the house ends up with white dust all over it. A big pot on top of the stove or an evaporative type unit works great in my opinion.

Wood'nCoal wrote:The ultrasonics are great, unless you have hard water. Even with a water softener everything in the house ends up with white dust all over it. A big pot on top of the stove or an evaporative type unit works great in my opinion.

Completely agree. I liked the ultrasonics because they are silent but the white dust was unbelievable - and very bad for electronics/computers.

I picked up a smallish evaporative Kenmore on sale a few years ago and it works very well. I get the wicks at Wal-Mart - about 1/3 the price - and they work perfectly fine. It'll go through five or six gallons per day if I run it on high.