When we use an ultrasonic humidifier we are getting a white film on everything, wipes up easy with a damp cloth. It’s not ash because if we dust everything and don’t use the humidifier then no white film. We’re on a well with fairly soft water, no idea of the minerals in the water. I suggested to my wife we try the steam humidifier and see if it’s related to ultrasonic humidifier. Any thoughts?
White film with Humidifier
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It might need to be run with distilled water if the house water is mineral rich.
https://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-White-Dust-from-a-Humidifier
https://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-White-Dust-from-a-Humidifier
Yeah, sounds like minerals. Turning it to steam first could solve that issue.
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Pretty much what they said!
I had to switch to an evaporation humidifier as the distilled water is too expensive. We have also installed a water softener system to cut down on the amount of minerals. The water here eats water heaters alive. Hoping the water softener helps both issues.
I had to switch to an evaporation humidifier as the distilled water is too expensive. We have also installed a water softener system to cut down on the amount of minerals. The water here eats water heaters alive. Hoping the water softener helps both issues.
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I use distilled water in my CPAP. Walmart sells it for $1.50 CAD per jug. I use humidifiers that take a wick, and I put a little bleach in the city tap water too. They make bulk distilled water using a steam process so it should be cheap now.
....my only other thought I have to add the above replies is to just skip the humidifier entirely...water will evaporate and add moisture to the air no matter what.
I have a fairly large jar that I keep filled with water tucked behind our wood burner. I've always thought one of those cast iron dragon humidifiers sitting on top of our burner would be attractive but just haven't bought one yet....the jar works fine and it was free.
My in-laws dump water into a pie pan that they have inside the hot air vent of their hallway (one of those big floor grates; they have forced air heat). Anywhere a shallow container can be tucked away and easily refilled will work.
We have hard water and the few times that I used a humidifier for the kids when they were sick made it look like it had snowed in their
room! Sometimes we need water to moisten the air faster than others so a humidifier is good to have...but in the general day-to-day, natural evaporation should be ok.
I have a fairly large jar that I keep filled with water tucked behind our wood burner. I've always thought one of those cast iron dragon humidifiers sitting on top of our burner would be attractive but just haven't bought one yet....the jar works fine and it was free.
My in-laws dump water into a pie pan that they have inside the hot air vent of their hallway (one of those big floor grates; they have forced air heat). Anywhere a shallow container can be tucked away and easily refilled will work.
We have hard water and the few times that I used a humidifier for the kids when they were sick made it look like it had snowed in their
room! Sometimes we need water to moisten the air faster than others so a humidifier is good to have...but in the general day-to-day, natural evaporation should be ok.
Thank you for the replies. Distilled water would be too expensive, we tried the pot on the stove but it just doesn’t kick out enough moisture to make a difference as measured by our Inkbird temp/humidity monitor. We’ll give the steam humidifier a try, nothing to lose. At least with the steam humidifier we’ll see how much mineral content is in the water by how fast the minerals gum up the heating element.
Agreed, however it’s my wife that finds it too dry and we all know if the wife isn’t happy then nobody’s happy!
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