Empty humidifer every day?

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billbolton
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Post by billbolton » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:53 pm

Tumbleweed wrote:Even after sitting with 50/50 vinegar does not remove that film that developes.
Did you get an oddly shaped yellow coloured cleaning-plug with your H3i?

It allows you to plug up the holes and give your cleaning solution (insert favourite receipe here) a really good shake up in the tank, which for me leave it sparkling clean!

Cheers,

Bill


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Post by Tumbleweed » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:38 pm

Bill.... yah i have, and use, the yellow plug every cleaning, whether with just the Ivory soap OR the vinegar. Still after a while that film developes......
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Post by lvwildcat » Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:31 pm

Obviously living in Las Vegas-I can't live without my humidifier. Gets filled with distilled nightly and it is dry every morning(after 6-7 hours/sleep) I do have the heat turned up to the max since I switched over to the F/P Oracle in July. Yea,a gallon of distilled(less than a buck) lasts me a couple of weeks. The 2 times that I used Vegas tap water I noticed the humidifier felt slimy in the morning. Now I always have at least 2 gallons of distilled on hand.


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