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Basically answered 110 percent of the questions I had on this topic. Excellent video. Thanks!

Excellent video. I was looking for directions to make sure I was using my whole house humidifier properly. Your expert was great!!

I appreciate your knowledge that you have shared in your videos. It reminds me of my father and looking over his shoulder as he explained what he was doing.

Thank you so much for this. The ideal video for those dealing with a whole house humidifier the first time.

This is what I want to know exactly. Thanks for the explanation of the whole system. Thank YOU!

Very clear , detailed and helpful. Thank you!

Another great video. Witch reminds me, I have to clear the discharge water line to the sewer. Somehow, it gets plugged.

Nice job on this presentation. Looking forward to more. Thanks.

Thanks for the video. Very informative and concise. Just what I needed.

Thank you for this clear video.

VERY well presented video thank you so much!! I understood it first time through.

Crystal clear thank you! Have a great day

Very informative. Thank you.

Excellent well explained video. Very helpful, thank you.

Thanks - you are a very good teacher.

Great video. I learned a lot of very useful information.

Thanks for the video! I was just washing my humidifier filter and it was dripping lots of water as I was cleaning out the calcium. It alarmed me but I cleaned up the mess and pit everything back together and checked all the drains and water Valves to make sure everything was flowing. Now I know.

great job

Great explanation! Thanks!

Most excellent! Thank you.

Very nice and simple to understand.

Fantastic!

I have this exact one!! Thanks!!!

Nice job Know How Now team. You got a new subscriber !!

Thanks! Great explanation!

Very good video. Thank you very much

pretty good simple explanation video...thank you.

nailed it!

Great video. An east coast girl, probably Jersey, Pennsylvania or NY with awesome accent, ie "wooder". I'm from Delco outside philly.

Thank you.

Thanks!! I'll have a friend watch this so they can fix my Aprilaire Automatic Humidifier.

Nice

PHILLY GIRL!

Very interesting, as always😊

Thumbs up.

I like her pronunciation of W-A-T-E-R as "wooder".

Great video. What's the worst that can happen if I didn't turn off the furnace when replacing the water panel? The humidifier itself was at off position.

So, how much does something like this cost ? Great vid by the way easy to understand. Thx

What do I do? I have the exact same humidifier, GeneralAire. There is no take-off duct connected to the furnace at all. It’s just there with no duct coming from the humidifier to the furnace and the Diversitech CP-16 pump that is filled with water and leaking onto the floor. (I’m new to this so I thought it was as it should be). Pretty sure the filter in the humidifier hasn’t been changed in years, if ever. (It’s an inherited home that someone else was living in for years so I’m learning the ins & outs of a lot of things but this was 1 thing that I think I can correct with some guidance). Thank you!

This really helps explain how my April air humidifier works but when should it shut off? If I set mine to 40 the heater blower isn't running but the water will continue to run. Is this right or should it shut off when the heater is not blowing?

what about the 550 model

You've produced the best and most organized and informative video I've found! However, I have a question regarding the humidistat which I'm hoping you can answer. I know the solenoid is good because I connected it directly to the 24v transformer and water flowed. So, the only components left are the humidistat and the outdoor temp sensor. To test the outdoor sensor I tried shorting its connections on the humidistat thinking that the outdoor sensor simply closed a circuit allowing the solenoid to receive power. But, what happened was completely unexpected: after shorting the connections a buzzer and a red light came on on the humidistat's circuit board. Can you explain what happened? Is there a way to test the outdoor sensor? Do you think my problem is the humidistat? Thanks for any help.

I love your video. But my question how it set up automatic way. My humidifier running all the time. Keep draining water from drain pipe. I got ecobee thermostat I have no idea how to connect both system an automatic. Can you help me

Thank you! Is the whole home humidifier also heating the water to turn to steam or is it simply draining it into the pad and allowing the air to take the liquid water away by wicking?

April aire 600 is what I have and do you run it in the summer with the air conditioning??

Very good informative vid. Y is mine with a manual humidistat only coming on sometimes and not every time the furnace blower kicks on?

Is a whole home humidifier ok to use with the air conditioning on or just the heater? Just moved to a home with one and have no clue. Thank you in advance!

With regards to the outside thermostat, do some units use a wireless thermostat or is it always necessary to run a line from the unit to an outside location?

Thanks for the video. We moved to new house and it has whole house humidifier. There is humidity controller in HRV unit control display and I thought the humidity was controlled with it. I noticed today that the humidifier connected to furnace has been switched off since we moved here. It's -30c outside and I can see condensation on windows and RH is around 30%. My question is should I switch on the whole house humidifier? Will it override the one which is displayed in HRV control display ? Thanks

Helpful, thanks. Only issue with the video is that your mic is muffled sometimes. Can you use a better mic in the future

I have an Aprilaire 550. If I leave the furnace blower on all the time, will it humidify even when the house is warm enough and the furnace hasn't kicked on? Having trouble getting enough humidity in the air.

Our house has 73% humidity. humidity set was 35. our rooms, carpet, floors were extremely wet.

Thank you so much for the video but I do not see my sensor outside it a problem thank you

The only problem with my whole house humidifier is it only works when it calls for heat. If you have it set low when sleeping or away, you get nothing. I sleep with the widow cracked open and vents closed so I have to use a standalone unit. I disconnected the whole house unit. Any ideas?

So if the solenoid controls the water coming in i shouldn't have to turn water on or off at the saddle valve correct ?

We have one of these but need to get it running. However our windows produce a little bit of condensation in the morning. Will this make it worse?

Is it common for mold to build up in the ducts due to humidity ?

The solenoid on the humidifier should not actuate if the fan is not running, correct?

I knew someone who I thought had air conditionner, but it was à humidifier...it began with à 't' cant remember the name of it, but it cooled their whole house...does this system cool the house?

Thank you. So if I followed this correctly, the humidifier is usually attached to the return side duct, but the supply side is routed to it. So the heated air, goes through to pick up moisture, and then gets heated again. Why not just humidify it after it's heated and just send it to the house? Does the additional moisture cause wear in the furnace? (I am obviously not an HVAC guy.) Thanks!

The wooter line.

I have one and every other year it doesn't work . No water to the pad.

Wouldn't this cause mold issues since moisture is being pushed through the ducts?

Where does your drain hose run into?

Hi, how do I know my humidifier is working? Does it make a sound?

If the thermostat for the humidifier is in the furnace room that won't give it a good idea what the main houses humidity is.

Compared to the men w/ their long-ass-loquacious videos that wasted my time, thanks sister for getting to the point! I almost called an HVAC specialist for a simple job. You've helped me tremendously!

How much time it takes for humidifier to reach to a certain humidity level?

Your video was instructive but I must say there's an error in your diagram and explanation: the humistat is placed on the return, before the humidifier, otherwise it would always sense high humidity level coming straight from the humidifier.

Bought a house and every month our water bill is over $100 a month. The first month was $142. We are desperately trying to find where the water is being wasted. A neighbor told me it might be the furnace humidifier. A valve might be stuck open and letting water constantly go through it. Do all furnaces have humidifiers and have you heard of this?

That’s a saddle valve. Not a shut off.

while most of your explanation is correct, you miss the basic. The evaporator pad is installed in the positive pressure side, the duct to the "supply side" is installed in the low pressure side (see the blower, to understand sides of low and high pressure) so: the air flow is from the wet pad to the air supply side (goes high pressure to low pressure, cannot be the other way, this is basic phisics) the by-pass is feeding moist air to the entrance of furnace blower, not after the furnace blower) beyond that your explanation is good

Don't understand why you received 42 dislikes.

Seem very stupid that someone would install a humidity unit and not pay the extra for sensing outside temperature. Cuts out the human factor of forgetting to change settings.

Your drawing and explanation seems flawed to me. The humidifier mounted in duct on discharge side of blower will not allow air to flow backwards through the bypass line from the return air side, pressure difference. The discharge of the blower will go through the humidifier, then through the bypass line to the return side, opposite of what you have shown.