Sorry I'm a little late replying here, Mark. I hope I can still help.
If you have a big area to humidify, you definitely want the type where
all the air blows through the mesh like an AprilAir style. We have the
drum mesh bypass type that hangs off the side of the ductwork and it
just isn't up to the job of humidifying our 2500 sq. ft house. We have
some fine furniture so we try to keep the house at 50% year-round. In
the typical SE PA winter, it can't push the humidity above 45% even when
it runs all the time. Plus the cantilever mounting is ruining our
ductwork. Or ducting is that folded insulation type, which I can't
stand. I'd love to redo all the ductwork in our house because it is
falling apart everywhere. It is only 10 years old. I patch it at least
twice a year.
I'd be leery of any spray or mist type humidifier, because nasty bugs
can ride the aerosolized water to other parts of the house. Go for a
pure evaporative system.
Jon Rush
"John T. Blair" wrote:
>
> At 11:01 PM 1/25/02 -0700, Mark J Bradakis wrote:
> >
> >Anyway, I've seen a few different units at the various home center stores,
> >and was wondering if the little swamp cooler type (air flows through a
> >water saturated mesh) is any better than a direct injection type....
>
> Mark,
>
> I've never had any experience with the direct injection units, but I have
> had the swamp cooler type. We put it in the hall way right under the air
> return input. I can't say that it really helped as it has been quite a
> while since we did it. I do remember that it made the hall way very
> cold in comparison to the rest of the house. That may have been a good
> think since it was right below the thermostat. I think the unit I was using
> was really for a room and not ment to try and humidify the entire house.
> It did put a lot of water into the air though. On real dry days, it would
> go through a couple of gallons in a day or 2.
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