HVAC Industry?

AJ WH Ranger wrote: So I have to mention this about the humidifiers I work with. Geno you said that the one you posted can put out 14 gallons per day. Well in this industry we typically use Lbs/Hr. So in your case, your humidifier would put out 4.86 Lbs/Hr. Which in the residential world is quite a bit.

Now the humidifier I am currently re-designing has the capability to output a maximum of 1330 Lbs/Hr. If we transfer that into gallons per day that is, 3,827.33 Gallons a day! This type of humidifier would typically be used in either the pharmaceutical industry or in a hospital to maintain RH across a whole wing or even an entire floor!

Glad I am not paying a water bill on the monster.

AJ WH Ranger wrote:

GT 14 wrote: Also with a higher RH you can usually get away with decreasing your thermostat temperature saving you money on your heating bill or in Geno's case wood.

I burn wood too, build a forced air system with the inlet right over the stove, (stove in basement) house has baseboard electric so had to build separate system. The humidifier is close to the stove so heat and moisture travel throughout the house.

Exactly! You want to incorporate the moisture within the duct work for two reasons.
1. You get what you are talking about. A better distribution of the humidified air.
2. And this one as equally important, the higher the temperature of air = better mixing of the air and moisture. Now with out getting into the psychrometrics on a Wheel Horse Forum, hotter or warmer air can absorb much more moisture than colder air which most of us know. So that equals better mixing of water and air.