Humidifier, Vaporizer

[Ian Davlin The Looth Group]

I use the levoit based on the recommendation of @9706232586 .

[Carlos Urquidi Urquidi Guitars]

Can’t seem to find it, any links or code?
Thanks!

[Brian Boedigheimer BBmade]

I’ve had several different kinds. The vaporizers work well but if you have hard water they leave a fine mist of white powder over everything. Subtle but I found it annoying. I also had problems with the unit not turning off and there was moisture all over everything.

I switched to this one, typical evaporative with paper wick inserts. My shop is around 600 square feet and it’s rated as a whole house humidifier. I suggest getting one rated for more square footage and as much water capacity as is reasonable for the space.

In the midwest, when it’s 10 degrees outside and the shop is 68 degrees, I’ll go through 5 gallons per day. The shop space is well insulated and has vapor barrier but it gets cold and dry outside. Gas heater dries things out.

All said though, my shop stays 40-45% with this one humidifier.

[Carlos Urquidi Urquidi Guitars]

Found it on Amazon, and way better price! Thank you!😀

[ERIC COLLIER]

We have a full store system here that took some time to dial in but it has paid huge dividends. It is hard wired in so no refilling. The key is the filters before the system. Trust me if you are going this way the filter is as important as the delivery system . Here are a couple pics and a link to the humidifier itself. I would be happy to answer any questions if you have any. We have done all 3 of our stores and repair shops with these. We now have it right. My mistakes will save you time and money haha. Here is the link https://horticat.com/product/u80/

horticat.com

U80 - Horticat Humidifiers

The Horticat U80 is a convenient wall-mountable ultrasonic humidifier that outputs 80 pints per day. It uses a direct connection to a water supply to eliminate the need to fill it. 80 pints per day Direct Connect Turn dial set … Continue reading

[Peter Morande]

These are great! We used them at Bourgeois when I was there.

[Carlos Urquidi Urquidi Guitars]

Thank you Eric😀

[Adan Akerman Akerworks Fine Instruments]

Hey all, if anyone’s shopping for humidification stuff (it’s getting dry!) here’s a dump of the components I have going at the moment. They seem to be working well so I thought I’d post before one of them craps out.

This is in a small space (350ft² with peaked ceiling) but they seem not to be operating at capacity, could go bigger.

Last winter I used the ultrasonic Levoit recommended above but the straight tap water put a LOT of that fine powder over everything, beyond annoying, probably health hazardous. From what I read it takes more distillation than I’m willing to do to fix that. I could be wrong!

But now I’m evaporative: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08G1XY69W

…and I used tubing and push-to-connect fittings to plumb a float valve to my mop sink: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MU6YQGA https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B096MC8BGF (I had to heat-bend the arm of the float slightly to get a good fit in the tank)

…so it’s basically robotic now. No more bucket hauling 🙂

I’ve had it fighting accelerator-and-brake with the dehumidifier in this highly variable East TN weather but it’s looking like we’ll dive into full time humidification soon.

[Adan Akerman Akerworks Fine Instruments]

this is the dehumidifier if it’s relevant to anyone: https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Vissani-25-pt-Dehumidifier-for-Basement-Garage-or-Wet-Rooms-up-to-1500-sq-ft-in-White-VAD25S1AWT/328193335?cm_mmc=ecc-_-THD_ORDER_CONFIRMATION_BOPIS-_-V1_M1_CA-_-Product_URL&ecc_ord=WG66862098&em_id=196e96baa5ba3294c0d726193ebfc0ac7e90079497fb27e559bc6898e6eacc1c