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Water not evaporatorizing

Post by Twid » Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:24 pm

water is not evaporating , even if I put dial on 1 or 5 , what can it be

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Re: Water not evaporatorizing

Post by Gasper62 » Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:58 pm

"evaporatorizing" .... ?

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Re: Water not evaporatorizing

Post by Julie » Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:17 pm

If your water level isn't going down, it means (unless something's very wrong with the machine) that your local humidity is high and therefore you don't need added humidity... the machine can tell. But do learn to spell for crying out loud!

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Re: Water not evaporatorizing

Post by chunkyfrog » Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:19 pm

Aw, gasper. And Julie, too.
Come on, be nice.
Lots of us are writing on our tablets, and a few of us have BPT.
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Re: Water not evaporatorizing

Post by Julie » Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:25 pm

Sorry, but that's not caused by a tremor - and is spelled correctly in the note itself.

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Re: Water not evaporatorizing

Post by Gasper62 » Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:31 pm

I was questioning if it was something new that I didn't know about yet.

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Re: Water not evaporatorizing

Post by palerider » Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:33 pm

Julie wrote:If your water level isn't going down, it means (unless something's very wrong with the machine) that your local humidity is high and therefore you don't need added humidity... the machine can tell.
that depends on what kind of machine the OP has, which the OP neglected to tell us.

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Re: Water not evaporatorizing

Post by D.H. » Tue Sep 27, 2016 8:55 am

First, please stop with the criticism of poor spelling or grammar. Some posters speak English as a second or third language!

If the water level is unchanged (or almost unchanged) from bed time to wake time, the humidifier is not functioning.

What I noticed with my old AEIOmed Everest 3 machine was that the humidifier consistently did not work above 8000 ft. Are you at a very high altitude?

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Re: Water not evaporatorizing

Post by Midnight Strangler » Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:04 am

D.H. wrote:What I noticed with my old AEIOmed Everest 3 machine was that the humidifier consistently did not work above 8000 ft. Are you at a very high altitude?
Judging from some of your posts, you must have failed every science course you ever took, beginning with sixth grade science.

Ceteris paribus, water evaporates faster the higher the altitude.

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Re: Water not evaporatorizing

Post by LSAT » Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:13 am

D.H. wrote:First, please stop with the criticism of poor spelling or grammar. Some posters speak English as a second or third language!

If the water level is unchanged (or almost unchanged) from bed time to wake time, the humidifier is not functioning.

What I noticed with my old AEIOmed Everest 3 machine was that the humidifier consistently did not work above 8000 ft. Are you at a very high altitude?

Wrong Again...Dummy. (Is it OK to call you by for first name?) The humidifier checks the humidity of the room and if the moisture level is adequate, no additional moisture is needed. The humidifier may be working properly.

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Re: Water not evaporatorizing

Post by Pugsy » Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:29 am

The humidifier checks the humidity of the room and if the moisture level is adequate, no additional moisture is needed. The humidifier may be working properly.
While this is probably true if the OP is using a newer machine that has the humidity sensors in the machine it isn't always true.
As PR said
palerider wrote:that depends on what kind of machine the OP has, which the OP neglected to tell us.
Plus we don't know the setting or mode....something like Classic mode which takes the humidity sensor out of the equation (assuming OP has that type of machine) or other factors like maybe the ambient humidity.

Until we have more detailed information about all we can do is guess.
The humidifier may or may not be working properly and we need more information to be able to offer accurate input.

We need to know what machine is being used...what humidity mode is being used along with the setting. Plus we need to know the ambient humidity....has it been raining a lot and the windows open??
Is a heated hose being used?

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Re: Water not evaporatorizing

Post by D.H. » Tue Sep 27, 2016 10:14 am

LSAT wrote:
D.H. wrote:First, please stop with the criticism of poor spelling or grammar. Some posters speak English as a second or third language!

If the water level is unchanged (or almost unchanged) from bed time to wake time, the humidifier is not functioning.

What I noticed with my old AEIOmed Everest 3 machine was that the humidifier consistently did not work above 8000 ft. Are you at a very high altitude?

Wrong Again...Dummy. (Is it OK to call you by for first name?) The humidifier checks the humidity of the room and if the moisture level is adequate, no additional moisture is needed. The humidifier may be working properly.
Working properly perhaps, but it is not functioning in the sense that it is not putting out any humidity.

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Re: Water not evaporatorizing

Post by D.H. » Tue Sep 27, 2016 10:20 am

Midnight Strangler wrote:
D.H. wrote:What I noticed with my old AEIOmed Everest 3 machine was that the humidifier consistently did not work above 8000 ft. Are you at a very high altitude?
Judging from some of your posts, you must have failed every science course you ever took, beginning with sixth grade science.

Ceteris paribus, water evaporates faster the higher the altitude.
What the laws of physics says it one thing; how a medical humidifier unit works is another. The problem is that above 8,000 ft., the heating element did not work, so very little evaporation occurred. By the way, the preheat still worked.

The most recent time was in Quito, Ecuador (elevation approximately 9,350 feet).

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Re: Water not evaporatorizing

Post by palerider » Tue Sep 27, 2016 1:07 pm

D.H. wrote:First, please stop with the criticism of poor spelling or grammar. Some posters speak English as a second or third language!

If the water level is unchanged (or almost unchanged) from bed time to wake time, the humidifier is not functioning.

What I noticed with my old AEIOmed Everest 3 machine was that the humidifier consistently did not work above 8000 ft. Are you at a very high altitude?
first, please stop posting, your stupidity level is unchanged.

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Re: Water not evaporatorizing

Post by palerider » Tue Sep 27, 2016 1:08 pm

D.H. wrote:
LSAT wrote:
D.H. wrote:First, please stop with the criticism of poor spelling or grammar. Some posters speak English as a second or third language!

If the water level is unchanged (or almost unchanged) from bed time to wake time, the humidifier is not functioning.

What I noticed with my old AEIOmed Everest 3 machine was that the humidifier consistently did not work above 8000 ft. Are you at a very high altitude?

Wrong Again...Dummy. (Is it OK to call you by for first name?) The humidifier checks the humidity of the room and if the moisture level is adequate, no additional moisture is needed. The humidifier may be working properly.
Working properly perhaps, but it is not functioning in the sense that it is not putting out any humidity.
functioning as designed, dummy. depending on the specific model, which we don't know... so do shut up.

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