Three Things You Didn’t Know About Your Whole-House Humidifier
3 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Whole House Humidifier Filter
We talk a lot about changing your furnace air filter. It’s also important to replace the pad in your whole house humidifier.
Most homes have evaporative humidifiers. The pad regularly holds water, and mineral deposits from hard water can accumulate over time. If the pad isn’t changed regularly, the humidifier won’t work effectively, and buildup can potentially affect other system components.
Here are three things to know about your whole house humidifier:
1. What is a Whole House Humidifier Pad
The humidifier pad—also known as a water panel, water pad, evaporator pad, or filter—holds and distributes moisture to the air passing through your furnace. When your whole house humidifier senses low humidity levels, more water gets added to the humidifier pad and passed to the air circulating throughout your house.
2. Why Your Humidifier Pad Must Be Regularly Replaced
Even with relatively soft water, scale, rust, and minerals build up on the metal honeycomb mesh of your humidifier pad. These deposits decrease the amount of moisture your whole house humidifier system can add to your Central Indiana home.
3. How to Change Your Whole House Humidifier Filter
Unlike furnace filters which come in many sizes, most whole house humidifier pads are similar in size and design. To change out your old water panel, follow these steps:
- Turn off power to your heating system at the breaker or fuse box
- Take off the door cover from your whole house humidifier
- Remove the entire humidifier filter, including the plastic frame, from the humidifier
- Unclip the plastic frame
- Remove and discard the old humidifier filter
- Slide in the new filter and reattach the plastic frame
- Replace the frame assembly into the humidifier
- Reattach the cover to your humidifier and turn the power back on
Need help with your humidifier or furnace repair? Give us a call at 317-203-8149.
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