Thanx for all the imput folks. Ironically, I came down to the kitchen Sunday morning and found an inch of freezing water on the floor! Turns out that the ice-maker in our fridge is leaking, so I had to turn off the water supply from the reverse osmosis device. I ended up buying 3 jugs of distilled water for my humidifier. Maybe somebody trying to tell me something!!!
Steve.
Care of humidifier tank
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northernlights
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We never could get our in-the-door ice/water dispenser to work correctly.
Had the service people out 3 times in the first year when it was under warranty and all it was was the switch in the door getting moist.
Service people couldn't rig a way to keep it dry (extra insulation around the switch...) so rather than coming home from work or a vacation or even getting up in the morning to a floor full of ice (we left it on ice so at least it would stop when the icemaker emptied) we just pulled the switch out and fish the ice out with our hands. So much for getting ice and water in the door!
Hope whatever is leaking with yours is more fixable than ours was.
Had the service people out 3 times in the first year when it was under warranty and all it was was the switch in the door getting moist.
Service people couldn't rig a way to keep it dry (extra insulation around the switch...) so rather than coming home from work or a vacation or even getting up in the morning to a floor full of ice (we left it on ice so at least it would stop when the icemaker emptied) we just pulled the switch out and fish the ice out with our hands. So much for getting ice and water in the door!
Hope whatever is leaking with yours is more fixable than ours was.
Re: Care of humidifier tank
Hi Steve,
I just joined this forum so I may be repeating the obvious. I worked with Respiratory Therapists in hospitals and a major concern they had was humidifier water contaminated by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This may or may not be a major concern in a home environment but P. aeruginosa love to grow in stale water. Lung infections caused by P. aeruginosa are very difficult to treat.
John
[quote="northernlights"]Hi everyone:
Just a couple of quick questions from a rookie:
1) I've been using my machine for two months now. Should I be cleaning out the humidifier tank, frequently?
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Steve.
I just joined this forum so I may be repeating the obvious. I worked with Respiratory Therapists in hospitals and a major concern they had was humidifier water contaminated by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This may or may not be a major concern in a home environment but P. aeruginosa love to grow in stale water. Lung infections caused by P. aeruginosa are very difficult to treat.
John
[quote="northernlights"]Hi everyone:
Just a couple of quick questions from a rookie:
1) I've been using my machine for two months now. Should I be cleaning out the humidifier tank, frequently?
....
Steve.