RE: humidifier - automation

["J Starkie" <ukha.jstarkie@xxxxxxx>]

Most commercial electric humidifiers are just tanks of water with a
large heater as the humidity level drops the element is pulsed with
electricity. The more humidity required the longer the pulse is on for.

Domestic humidifiers are just basic kettles and boil / spray vapour into the air

I don=92t see why you couldn't put a couple of cheap (=A35-00) level
switches in a domestic humidifier to fill it automatically using a low
voltage water solenoid valve and a bit of relay logic. You could use the low level switch to cut the supply to the heater for safety. Some
companies use two low level switches one for filling and the other for
safety.

Taking this further connect the unit into a reasonably priced humidity
stat available over the counter from say the control centre.

All this could be enabled with a single x10 outlet when the house is
occupied



-----Original Message-----
From: Nikola Kasic [mailto:nikola@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 13 December 2002 12:38
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: [ukha_d] humidifier - automation


My daughter was diagnosed bronchiolitis yesterday, and I decided to buy
humidifiers for our flat, because we noticed that the air is dry. But I
know nothing about humidifiers, what should I pay attention to when
buying? And how I can automate them? I would prefer at least to switch
them with Appliance module, but will there be a damage if they run out
of water, do they have any protection? Ideally, it should work then
whenever humidity drops below certain level, it should start, and stop
when it reaches some higher level. I beleive there is no way to fill
them with water automatically, so I'll have to do that part manually.
Any recommendation about brands, models? Cheers, Nik


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