THank you for the suggestions! -- William Sutton
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote: > On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, William Sutton wrote: > > > It's usually 20-something percent humidity > > too low. You're really interested in the dew point, not the > rel humidity. At 70deg you'd want 40% or so. Since you > aren't bothered by skin problems, just increase the humidity > till the sparks stop. The problems will all go away by > Memorial day when the humidity goes through the roof and > won't be back till Nov. > > > So does this require buying distilled water? > > yes. > > > Can I get away with tap water or is that filtered? > > do not use tap water - it has dissolved minerals (eg silica, > CaS04). The current generation of humidifiers are ultrasonic > and spray whole water droplets into the air, which then > evaporate leaving sharp edged micro-rocks in the air to > settle into your lungs. (The previous generation boiled the > water for you and you could use tap water - except that the > heating element wound up covered with and the tank filled > with hard boiler scale). I doubt if there's been any studies > one way or another on the matter, but since the lungs seem > to have problems with anything but air with a little water > in it, I'll take the safe route. I use about $50 worth of > distilled H2O (in 2.5gal jugs) in a winter. It's cheaper > than the medical bills I used to pay each winter to look > after my skin. > > Most of the humidifiers seem to have been designed by people > trying only to make them look attractive - they're hard to > fill, control, too small a tank etc. I have a ReliOn > H-0565-0 with about a 2 gal tank that I use in about 2-3 > days (2000sqft house) that I got at WalMart. It's OK apart > from needing to carefully line the top and bottom halves > after filling or they won't mate (oh and the filler cap > cross threads by default - unless you are careful putting it > on). This is better than the previous one. > > Joe > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
