I was at my brother's house a few weeks ago for my nephew's birthday. While there, my brother expressed some displeasure with his Aprilaire humidifier. He said that it works great, but when it gets cold outside, his windows get a lot of condensation on them and he has to dial down his humidifier control to eliminate the moisture and prevent potential water damage. Then, he has to remember to turn it back up when it gets warmer outside to maximize comfort and protection.
His question was; why isn't there a humidifier control that raises and lowers the humidity level automatically so he doesn't have to? My answer, of course, was that there is. In fact, when I inspected his installation, I discovered that he did have an automatic control, but that it was set up in the manual mode. The Aprilaire automatic control is convertible to manual mode for those cases when the dealer just can't get an outdoor temperature sensor installed. A good example is when the humidifier is located in a finished basement and the dealer has no access to the outside.
My brother's humidifier is installed in an unfinished basement and we will have no problem replacing the manual mode resistor with an outdoor temperature sensor so he can operate in automatic mode. He was thrilled to hear this and is looking forward to the day when he no longer has to run up and down the basement steps every time the mercury heads south.
His question was; why isn't there a humidifier control that raises and lowers the humidity level automatically so he doesn't have to? My answer, of course, was that there is. In fact, when I inspected his installation, I discovered that he did have an automatic control, but that it was set up in the manual mode. The Aprilaire automatic control is convertible to manual mode for those cases when the dealer just can't get an outdoor temperature sensor installed. A good example is when the humidifier is located in a finished basement and the dealer has no access to the outside.
My brother's humidifier is installed in an unfinished basement and we will have no problem replacing the manual mode resistor with an outdoor temperature sensor so he can operate in automatic mode. He was thrilled to hear this and is looking forward to the day when he no longer has to run up and down the basement steps every time the mercury heads south.
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