Humidifier Water Poll

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What do you put in your humidifier?

Distilled Water
604
84%
Tap Water
50
7%
Home Filtered Water
34
5%
Grey Goose Vodka
16
2%
Something Else
13
2%
 
Total votes: 717
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Re: Humidifier Water Poll

Post by Papit » Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:18 pm

How are things going for you 14 who use (used?) Grey Goose Vodka in your humidifier?
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Poll: What do you put in your humidifier?

Results of Poll:

Distilled Water 523 83%
Tap Water 46 7%
Filtered Water 30 4%
GreyGooseVodka 14 2%
Something Else 12 1%
Total votes : 625

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Re: Humidifier Water Poll

Post by Drowsy Dancer » Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:57 pm

Papit wrote:How are things going for you 14 who use (used?) Grey Goose Vodka in your humidifier?
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Poll: What do you put in your humidifier?

Results of Poll:

Distilled Water 523 83%
Tap Water 46 7%
Filtered Water 30 4%
GreyGooseVodka 14 2%
Something Else 12 1%
Total votes : 625
I expect they're resting comfortably.

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Re: Humidifier Water Poll

Post by Nooblakahn » Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:31 am

Well. There was no choice for Kentucky straight bourbon ...

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Re: Humidifier Water Poll

Post by John from Brookston » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:01 am

I HAVE to use distilled water. What comes out of the tap is a curious solution of liquid limestone that'll clog a showerhead in 2 weeks.

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Re: Humidifier Water Poll

Post by Pugsy » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:23 am

John from Brookston wrote:I HAVE to use distilled water. What comes out of the tap is a curious solution of liquid limestone that'll clog a showerhead in 2 weeks.
Are you my neighbor down the road? That sounds like my water plus I get a nice red iron ring in the toilet after just one week.

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Re: Humidifier Water Poll

Post by chunkyfrog » Sun Mar 17, 2013 12:14 pm

Gee, whiz; I thought I killed this thread.
Like,"What's the deal with Thermopolis?"

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Re: Humidifier Water Poll

Post by archangle » Mon Mar 18, 2013 6:53 am

I used to joke about vodka in the humidifier, but I realized that heated vodka can get really flammable if you heat it up. I did enough research on flashpoints and vapor pressures to get me worried about the possibility of ending up with a blowtorch effect.

Liquor in the water tank could actually cause a significant fire risk.

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Re: Humidifier Water Poll

Post by ringo728 » Fri Apr 26, 2013 4:21 pm

Dustilled water always. Only fresh and pure H2O is going up my nose and into my lungs .

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