Bob Gieser
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| 22 Nov 2008 09:12 PM |
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anyone with experience putting supply line steam huimidifier into geo system for winter stabilization?? |
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engineer
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| 23 Nov 2008 08:57 AM |
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No, but I should think it would work similarly to an air source heat pump application. |
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Curt Kinder <br><br>
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is - Winston Churchill <br><br><a href="http://www.greenersolutionsair.com">www.greenersolutionsair.com</a>
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Palace Geothermal
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| 23 Nov 2008 10:35 AM |
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I have seen them installed by others, don't see any problems. |
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Dewayne Dean
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kiphorn
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| 24 Nov 2008 07:54 AM |
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I had a Honeywell TrueSteam installed with my system. Originally the unit was doing a fine job keeping the humidity in the house between 35-40%. However this past weekend when we got our first cold shot of the season it wasn't able to get the humidity above 32%.
I do not believe this to be a problem with the unit. I live in a log home that isn't air tight. Humidity in the winter has always been a challenge. However, when I was doing some investigating I noticed that the TrueSteam unit which was installed may be undersized for my home.
The unit is rated at 6 gallons per day and isn't recommended for houses over 2,000 sf. My home is approx 2,500 sf, has log walls, T&G wood siding, hard wood floors and some air leaks so the undersized unit has it's work cut out for it.
If you consider everything working against this undersized unit, it really didn't do a terrible job. I will be calling my installer this morning to see about getting the 9 or 12 gallon per day unit to replace the original.
I'll let you know if there's an improvement.
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| Kip Horn<br><br>Tranquility 27 (June 2008) |
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engineer
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| 24 Nov 2008 05:30 PM |
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How 'bout tightening up the house a bit instead? |
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Curt Kinder <br><br>
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is - Winston Churchill <br><br><a href="http://www.greenersolutionsair.com">www.greenersolutionsair.com</a>
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kiphorn
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| 25 Nov 2008 10:43 AM |
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I had the house restained over the summer and the contractor caulked and sealed everything we could get to. I also did some reinsulating and installed some air barriers last spring. Hopefully these two modifications will help my leaky house.
Log homes aren't the tightest homes out there but my builder turned out to be a crook and took some short cuts or just did some really stupid things that are difficult to correct. Slowly but surely I'm taking care of the issues. But that all takes money and time, both of which are hard to come by. When a couple of his clients went after him he filed for bankruptcy and hid behind the shield of the courts. He left me with a big mess and cost me close to $75K but out of all the clients I was the most fortunate (if you consider $75K fortuntate).
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| Kip Horn<br><br>Tranquility 27 (June 2008) |
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joe.ami
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| 27 Nov 2008 03:45 PM |
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This has been a conversation around here recently. Lower temps of all systems (fossil and geo), reduce output of bypass humidifiers. I've been looking into the Honeywell myself and appreciate the feedback.
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Joe Hardin
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joe.ami
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| 27 Nov 2008 03:46 PM |
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By the way, Kip; good luck to your championship team.
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Joe Hardin
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geo fan
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| 27 Nov 2008 08:25 PM |
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Im a big fan of the Elite Steam , they come in to models DS-15 ( 15 gal. per day ) DS-35 ( 35 gal per day) both can be adjusted to operate down to 10% of output. the humidistat when calling can ( if installed properly ) automatically turn on the fan . Two downsides first is the humidistat , the control mounts to the wall mount loosely ( I have ben assured by our sales rep the new units have this repaired ) second is cost and maintenance ( every 1-3 years drum/ electrode replacement) . 1 thing to keep in mind the duct mount kit should be installed downstream of 3 feet of straight duct for adequate absorption into the air, and I try to avoid if possible those 3 feet being lined ( haven't had a problem there or ben told to it just seems logical )
My 2 cents |
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