Humidifier Problem

[kona0197]

So I filled the humidifier with distilled water before I went to bed. Woke up this morning and the machine had used over half of the tank, and the machine was only set on 1 out of 5 for the humidifier. Is this normal?

[Janknitz]

Depends. What is your weather like? If it's very dry, your humidifier will use more water. Are you using a forced air furnace, making your house pretty dry? That too, will use more water.

Another thing that can happen is when you mouth breathe a lot, the humidifier tries to keep up and that can run the water level down pretty fast.

Finally, were you playing with your settings at all? PR's have two modes--default and "classic". Classic mode heats the water more, and the humidifier uses a lot more on classic mode than regular mode. If you are using classic mode, in the provider menu when you check the humidifier settings, you'll see a "C" before the number, i.e. "C1" or "C-5".

Bottom line, be sure to check your levels every day so your humidifier doesn't run dry.

[kona0197]

What is your weather like?

It's Oregon. Rains a lot. In the 50s and 60 for temperature.

Are you using a forced air furnace, making your house pretty dry?

Nope. I keep my room as cold as I can get it, anything that is warm gives me a slipping headache.

Another thing that can happen is when you mouth breathe a lot, the humidifier tries to keep up and that can run the water level down pretty fast.

I'm mostly a nose breather. Sometime I snore, but not much.

Finally, were you playing with your settings at all? PR's have two modes--default and "classic".

Nope. The menu says the humidifier is set to C1. Can I turn on the the other mode?

Also this does not happen with tap water for some reason.

[kona0197]

Bump...

[ubnoxus]

The menu says the humidifier is set to C1. Can I turn on the the other mode?

If you go to the settings menu and the humidifier, you can change between classic and system one.