Aprilaire Humidifiers

For those of you in the upper Midwest, you know we are currently in the middle of a nasty cold streak.  As I write this, the outside temperature in Madison is -8°F (brrrrr).  Not only is the air cold, it is very dry.  This dryness carries over to your indoor air as well.  Without proper humidification, the air inside your home can be drier than the Sahara Desert!  As we discussed in a previous article, proper humidification is a moving target; when the outdoor temperature comes down, the relative humidity in your home must come down as well.  Today's weather is an excellent example of why this is.  Let's say that yesterday we had a temperature of 20 degrees and our indoor relative humidity was 35%.  Now our outside temperature is -8 degrees, which drastically lowers the temperature on the inside surface of your windows.  If the indoor relative humidity is not adjusted down, you will have lots of condensation and frost on your windows, just like the sweating you get on your drinking glass when you have an ice-cold lemonade on a hot summer day.  This condensation drips down on the wood casing of your windows and can produce mold, mildew and, rotting, which can result in an expensive window replacement project.

There are ways to avoid this.  If you have a portable humidifier, you must unplug it or turn it off in order to avoid condensation in the room it is in.  If you have a whole-house humidifier with manual control, you must dial it down when it's cold and remember to turn it back up once the weather warms up outside.  However, an Aprilaire humidifier with automatic digital control does all of this for you, automatically!  An outdoor temperature sensor communicates with the control 400,000 times a day, continually adjusting your humidity level to provide you the ultimate in comfort for you and protection for your home.  Aprilaire has the automatic solution to your indoor air comfort needs.