Whole-House Humidifier: Installation
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- Travis Farnum, Senior HVAC Tech with Williams Plumbing and Heating, walks through the key steps for installing a whole-house humidifier. This video features the Aprilaire 600 Whole House Humidifier.
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"if you think that you can do it...then i think that you can as well"
Nice installation with lots of good hints. I installed one of these (same model) in the fall of 2020, so it's been running for 2 seasons. What a great improvement in our home environment! I would recommend that everyone in cold climates consider this.
Thank you for the video! But how do you adjust pressure from pex supply line? Since its 40 psi there
Nice video without time wasting bs!
❤cool thanks
It can be installed on either the return or the supply. But it works better on the supply and with hot water. Just make sure the water is softened for better performance so you don't get scale buildup.
In your opinion, do you get better performance from installing on supply or return?
Not sure if you had the room, but the unit can be rotated to allow for more direct bypass ducting.
I think he could've done that part better like you said :)
See 2:27 ... No way it could point to the right.
what is the digital display used at the end?
Not being critical but isn’t that a long run to get the moist air to the return?
I loved my humidifier in my old house but the hard water kept it constantly out of service about every 3 months.
The pad type humidifiers are like Petri dishes for algae...especially with harder water..
Where is light for algal growth is going to come from?
Are you in New Jersey?
Can we use the cold water line instead of the hot water line ?
Yes.
Hello. From the diagram at 0:07, given the blue and red arrows signify the return and supply, respectively, the Aprilaire whole-home humidifier (WHH) is shown installed on the return side. I have read some purposefully choose to install their WHH on the return. I made sure to do enough due diligence before installing the unit as a DIY homeowner. Low and behold, I went off of this diagram and winds up that Aprilaire states in their instructions to install the unit on the supply side. I am not looking forward to switching the Aprilaire WHH unit from the return to the supply side and end up having to patch the square cutout with a makeshift flange with the start collar. Please advise.
I wouldn't worry about it. Despite the supplied instructions showing the unit on the supply Aprilaire says that you can install on either supply or return. It works in the same manner. This is a standard for evaporative humidifiers. The only time installing on the supply is a must or rather highly recommended is for ones with built in fans.
www.aprilaire.com/owner-center/frequently-asked-questions
Always the supply side this guy is a hack. Saddle valves are trash too.
@@shanew7361 Why supply? and why do saddle valves suck. I don't like the thought of it. I think I would rather just have a shut off valve branched off of my hw line.
@@tuanische Saddle valves are garbage first off, just look at the actual design. Think about it. The reason the supply is the best is so humid air actually makes it and isn't removed from a furnace.
@@Balticblue93 It seems like you and Shane W are both wrong, even AprilAire's own FAQ states...
"AprilAire bypass humidifier’s get their air movement through the water panel by the differential pressure between the supply (hot air) plenum and the return (cold air) duct.
The supply plenum is under positive pressure and the return duct is under negative pressure. One of the advantages of a bypass humidifier is that it can be installed either on the supply plenum or on the return duct with equal effectiveness. No matter which duct the humidifier is mounted on, the airflow always goes from the supply to the return through the humidifier.
A bypass humidifier will also have no adverse effect on any component in the furnace, air cleaner or filter. AprilAire Humidifiers put “water vapor” into the air. This is nature’s way of getting relative humidity into the air."
but yes i will agree saddle values are only good for quick setup but will fail and leak so you might as well do it right the first time
I wish you showed exactly how to do the wiring.
I am here for that and bro went straight to another model. Like bruhhh.
Humidifier should go on the supply side not return.
That's where I Put mine on water b valve to
I assume some installers do it differently.My installer hook my water l to cold water line.The unit is on the supply side and humidistat on return side.
💡Good idea! Mold spores getting blasted directly into home air without having the chance to go through a HEPA filter?
😂 leave it to the pros
It can go on either. Bypass Air flows hot to cold.
So many things wrong with this unprofessional install.
Number 1 is that saddle valves are against code to install. In other words, CANNOT be used under any circumstances. These guys will use them because they are quick and easy to do, but inserts unnecessary risk and potential to leak over time.
Number 2 a galvanized metal pipe hanger was used to keep the water line shut off stationary. Galvanized metal should not come in contact with ANY copper as it will introduce electrolysis to the metals, creating potential leak issues down the road.
This is the problem with companies like this, maybe the customer won't have issues right away, but these are simple, albeit HUGE no-no's in the industry. Yet companies get away with these things all the time. This work would not pass code anywhere in the United States unless the inspector doesn't care or is too lazy to go down there to look.
Job rating F, please do better, it literally would take seconds more to do it the right way.
Lack of info for DIY.