we purchased the steam humidifier for our 1800 square ft condo. the heat comes out the ceiling for some reason we can not get the humidity above 35 percent what can i do.
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35%Rh seems to be okay. For best efficiency run unit on 240vac. Locate the humidistat in the return air duct not on an interior wall. Do not use filtered water, especially reverse osmosis. Hardness of local water will effect overall efficiency. Locate the Aprilaire unit as close to the air conditioning unit as possible. Be sure to heavily insulate the steam line. Locate the steam tube on the down side air flow of the AC evaporator coils (if this is an AC unit) and as close to the down draft side of the burners as possible. You do not want the steam to condense on any obstruction in the air duct but close enough to the burners so that the steam is completly absorbed in the air stream. 35%Rh seems to be okay. For best efficiency run unit on 240vac. Locate the humidistat in the return air duct not on an interior wall. Do not use filtered water, especially reverse osmosis. Hardness of local water will effect overall efficiency. Locate the Aprilaire unit as close to the air conditioning unit as possible. Be sure to heavily insulate the steam line. Locate the steam tube on the down side air flow of the AC evaporator coils (if this is an AC unit) and as close to the down draft side of the burners as possible. You do not want the steam to condense on any obstruction in the air... » Read More 35%Rh seems to be okay. For best efficiency run unit on 240vac. Locate the humidistat in the return air duct not on an interior wall. Do not use filtered water, especially reverse osmosis. Hardness of local water will effect overall efficiency. Locate the Aprilaire unit as close to the air conditioning unit as possible. Be sure to heavily insulate the steam line. Locate the steam tube on the down side air flow of the AC evaporator coils (if this is an AC unit) and as close to the down draft side of the burners as possible. You do not want the steam to condense on any obstruction in the air duct but close enough to the burners so that the steam is completly absorbed in the air stream. « Show Less
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35%Rh seems to be okay. For best efficiency run unit on 240vac. Locate the humidistat in the return air duct not on an interior wall. Do not use filtered water, especially reverse osmosis. Hardness of local water will effect overall efficiency. Locate the Aprilaire unit as close to the air conditioning unit as possible. Be sure to heavily insulate the steam line. Locate the steam tube on the down side air flow of the AC evaporator coils (if this is an AC unit) and as close to the down draft side of the burners as possible. You do not want the steam to condense on any obstruction in the air duct but close enough to the burners so that the steam is completly absorbed in the air stream.
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sometimes if you unplug it and then plug it back in it reverts back to a default humidity setting. check to see if the setting is below 65%. i intentionally put mine on 45% and just let it run. when it reaches 45% it still runs but the dehumidifier part is on standby until the level goes above 45%.
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Sounds like you have very high humidity inside and it's too humid outside to vent most of your condesate. Make sure all windows and doors are closed (except for your vent). You may want to consider also using a dehumidifier to help bring down the relative humidity inside the house.Otherwise, it could indicate a problem with the unit. Have you called the support line?
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I did not keep this humidifier because I couldn't get the humidity to rise much more than a couple percentage points.
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No, you should get as big a humidifier as reasonably possible. The "whole house" claim is exaggerated. I live in a 1000 square foot condo and the two units I've tried, including this one, struggle to keep the humidity at 35% on a dry day. That's fine for me, but I wouldn't want anything less. Besides, there's no real down side with a humidifier that's more than you need. It will just humidify your space to the desired level quicker and shut off, requiring less frequent fill-ups. The fan is loud on the higher settings, but you can keep it at low. In fact, I wouldn't even bother with this one. I got a slightly smaller Honeywell Quietcare that was quieter and worked more reliably than this one. No, you should get as big a humidifier as reasonably possible. The "whole house" claim is exaggerated. I live in a 1000 square foot condo and the two units I've tried, including this one, struggle to keep the humidity at 35% on a dry day. That's fine for me, but I wouldn't want anything less. Besides, there's no real down side with a humidifier that's more than you need. It will just humidify your space to the desired level quicker and shut off, requiring less frequent fill-ups. The fan is loud on the higher settings, but you can keep it at low. In fact, I wouldn't even bother... » Read More No, you should get as big a humidifier as reasonably possible. The "whole house" claim is exaggerated. I live in a 1000 square foot condo and the two units I've tried, including this one, struggle to keep the humidity at 35% on a dry day. That's fine for me, but I wouldn't want anything less. Besides, there's no real down side with a humidifier that's more than you need. It will just humidify your space to the desired level quicker and shut off, requiring less frequent fill-ups. The fan is loud on the higher settings, but you can keep it at low. In fact, I wouldn't even bother with this one. I got a slightly smaller Honeywell Quietcare that was quieter and worked more reliably than this one. « Show Less
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Yes - I think you may have to step up to a larger unit. My space is a similar size, and now that warmer more humid weather has arrived, the unit is running almost full time to maintain 50% humidity. Although the unit is very quiet compared to other units I have owned, it still may be a bit annoying in certain circumstances (e.g. viewing TV in the area).
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dear God return it if you can!!! I keep mine on 50-55% humidity. Not a temp. but a percentage of humidity. bad designed product, I exchanged mine 3 times in the last 3 years at home depot.....
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I use three of them in addition to the humidifier that came with my humidor. I try to obtain 70% humidity..... With that being said, I was given a larger humidor recently. The humidifier that came with it plus the three drymistat humidifiers would only raise the humidity to 62%. So, I ordered yesterday this in hopes it will help raise the humidity.....Visol Products VAC700 Silver Humidifier for Medium/Large Cigar HumidorGood luck!
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You should turn the humidity setting down using the arrow keys. I set my @ 30%.
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I agree that this will not humidify 1800 sf but may have more to do with the type of return you have. I had it in a 1500 sf home at first that had one single return vent and it seemed to do well there. Our current home is 1700 downstairs but has a plenum return where it draws from multiple locations in the house and it doesn't seem to do as well here but still helps. We put it by the return in our room. That way our bedroom gets more than the rest of the house.
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getting the humidity level up, given the structure, is extremely difficult. I have found that using soaked paper towels id far better than "pouring water into the basin" is more effective. I intend to buy some sponges and soak them and see if that solves the need to service the unit every 48 hours because the paper towels dry out so quckly
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Unfortunately, while this is a decent humidifier, what you mentioned is an annoying problem with it. I have bought two and have the same problem.
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This is up to you, Mary, since the heater doesn't have a water tray to add moisture to the air. I use a humidifier myself, to put moisture into the air for the comfort of people and for the plants too. I think you need a humidifier, with this machine, in a residential living area, anyway. I've used a Vornado machine for years - I clean the washable filter at the beginning of the season and it works fine, here's a link to it, but they are many humidifiers with good feedback, that I see on Amazon, that are lower in price.Vornado Evap40 4-Gallon Evaporative Humidifier This is up to you, Mary, since the heater doesn't have a water tray to add moisture to the air. I use a humidifier myself, to put moisture into the air for the comfort of people and for the plants too. I think you need a humidifier, with this machine, in a residential living area, anyway. I've used a Vornado machine for years - I clean the washable filter at the beginning of the season and it works fine, here's a link to it, but they are many humidifiers with good feedback, that I see on Amazon, that are lower in price.Vornado... » Read More This is up to you, Mary, since the heater doesn't have a water tray to add moisture to the air. I use a humidifier myself, to put moisture into the air for the comfort of people and for the plants too. I think you need a humidifier, with this machine, in a residential living area, anyway. I've used a Vornado machine for years - I clean the washable filter at the beginning of the season and it works fine, here's a link to it, but they are many humidifiers with good feedback, that I see on Amazon, that are lower in price.Vornado Evap40 4-Gallon Evaporative Humidifier « Show Less
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Hi,what is the lowest setting you can set for this dehumidifier. I like to set mine around 30% or lower - the weather whee i live gets below zero and i get moisture forming on my windows
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I am in Colorado, pretty dry here. I am not sure how well it would work in a humid area. It doea not freeze out my daughters room and hers is 100 sq ft. It just makes it cool. I would not get this one if your area is much larger than that.
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This humidifier is good Up To 2200 sq ft. That's in a best case scenario. I installed this in an 1800 sq ft house, and when the temp dips to 10 degrees, it barely makes an "acceptable" 35% humidity. That's in a well insulated house with double pane windows. Humidity seeks its own level. If your older home is not, or not well insisted, and does not have double pane windows, you will lose humidity almost as fast as you can put it in the air. At the very least, the next size up is better for 2000 sq ft., and with the worst cast scenario, something made for 3-4000 sq ft. May be needed, and that's IF your furnace can accommodate it. PS, the golden zone is 40 to 50% percent humidity. Below 40, viruses thrive; above 50, and mold thrives.
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Try turning the. Thermostat setting higher so it's higher than the room temp.