My OperaKeep Moisture in the Air With a Furnace Humidifier
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 8:09:27 AM
While everyone longs for a white winter, the problems associated with dry winter air can be unpleasant. Low humidity can dry out our skin, our mucous membranes, and our nasal passages. It can also cause undue drying of the wooden structures of our home. What's more, our well-intentioned efforts to heat our cold, wintry space often make the problem even worse by removing any moisture remaining in the air. This causes nosebleeds, cough, sore throat, and more.
Furnace humidifiers, as the name suggests, are connected to the furnace system. It is installed in the ducts and works with your home's heating and cooling system to humidify your entire house. A furnace humidifier uses your home's water system. With prices starting around $100, furnace humidifiers are initially more expensive than the other models. However, they are more energy efficient and cost less to operate over the long haul. Annual maintenance costs, including filter changes, run from $2 to $30.
When the entire house feels like the desert has taken over and moved in, the Furnace Humidifiers can help turn the house back to the paradise that it was before the whole desert moved in and took over. Adding this device to the furnace can put the moisture back into the home and make it feel more like a paradise than a desert, but without it getting so humid that it turns into a jungle. By adding these humidifiers, the air is moisturized and the occupants are more comfortable, plus an added benefit that further damage to the structure is stopped.
The Furnace Humidifiers work a little different than the standard humidifiers that are available as portable units, In these units, the humidifier is situated between the duct that returns the warmed air into the house, and the return for the cold air that is pulled into the furnace. Part of this warm air is forced into the humidifier where it gathers the water molecules that are returned to the cold air component that is delivered back to the furnace where it is heated again. This heating process turns the water to vapor where it is absorbed by the hot air and distributed. The styles that are attached to the furnace include both Drum and Flow-thru humidifiers.
All of the different types of humidifiers need to have a lot of maintenance. On the pad type humidifiers you need to clean or change to pads often. On spray type humidifiers the nozzle and pad will need to be changed or cleaned yearly. On the best types of humidifier is the steam furnace humidifier. They produce the most humidity but are very expensive and do require more regular maintenance and upkeep then the other types of humidifier.
Furnace humidifiers, as the name suggests, are connected to the furnace system. It is installed in the ducts and works with your home's heating and cooling system to humidify your entire house. A furnace humidifier uses your home's water system. With prices starting around $100, furnace humidifiers are initially more expensive than the other models. However, they are more energy efficient and cost less to operate over the long haul. Annual maintenance costs, including filter changes, run from $2 to $30.
When the entire house feels like the desert has taken over and moved in, the Furnace Humidifiers can help turn the house back to the paradise that it was before the whole desert moved in and took over. Adding this device to the furnace can put the moisture back into the home and make it feel more like a paradise than a desert, but without it getting so humid that it turns into a jungle. By adding these humidifiers, the air is moisturized and the occupants are more comfortable, plus an added benefit that further damage to the structure is stopped.
The Furnace Humidifiers work a little different than the standard humidifiers that are available as portable units, In these units, the humidifier is situated between the duct that returns the warmed air into the house, and the return for the cold air that is pulled into the furnace. Part of this warm air is forced into the humidifier where it gathers the water molecules that are returned to the cold air component that is delivered back to the furnace where it is heated again. This heating process turns the water to vapor where it is absorbed by the hot air and distributed. The styles that are attached to the furnace include both Drum and Flow-thru humidifiers.
All of the different types of humidifiers need to have a lot of maintenance. On the pad type humidifiers you need to clean or change to pads often. On spray type humidifiers the nozzle and pad will need to be changed or cleaned yearly. On the best types of humidifier is the steam furnace humidifier. They produce the most humidity but are very expensive and do require more regular maintenance and upkeep then the other types of humidifier.
