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Re: Possible scam?
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 12:51 pm
by Cpapian
I have wondered why I haven't noticed the awful smell others complain of. My humidity is set to auto. I wonder if the device adjusts to the lack of water before the scorching.
Re: Possible scam?
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 1:08 pm
by Pugsy
Cpapian wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 12:51 pm
I have wondered why I haven't noticed the awful smell others complain of. My humidity is set to auto. I wonder if the device adjusts to the lack of water before the scorching.
No. It has no way of knowing how much water is in the water chamber.
I think a lot of factors have to come together before the smell gets really awful. I have experienced the bad smell and also not experienced it with a dry water chamber.
I suspect how long it stays dry is a factor, what the heater is doing (low setting vs high setting) is also a factor...and very possibly just how sensitive our nose might be at that time also.
Re: Possible scam?
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 6:32 pm
by D.H.
Really you'd have to show an injury, not just "it smells burning."
BTW, the heat really should cut off if there's not enough water.
Re: Possible scam?
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:42 pm
by Cpapian
Pugsy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 1:08 pm
Cpapian wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 12:51 pm
I have wondered why I haven't noticed the awful smell others complain of. My humidity is set to auto. I wonder if the device adjusts to the lack of water before the scorching.
No. It has no way of knowing how much water is in the water chamber.
I think a lot of factors have to come together before the smell gets really awful. I have experienced the bad smell and also not experienced it with a dry water chamber.
I suspect how long it stays dry is a factor, what the heater is doing (low setting vs high setting) is also a factor...and very possibly just how sensitive our nose might be at that time also.
Oh well ..... I can sleep through smoke detectors, 60% leakage, husband acting out his dreams, cats on my chest ..... why not a bad smell. I wonder if the smell of freshly brewing coffee would wake me up ....... hummmmm
Re: Possible scam?
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:43 pm
by Legrunt
I don't get the burning plastic smell thingy... Mine just runs out of water and cuts off the heat. If I sleep for more than 8 hours, I am guaranteed a dry tank, so I run mine dry almost every weekend.
I don't smell anything, just wake up with a drier than normal throat.
Perhaps there exists some machines with a temp sensor thats faulty, but I really cannot imagine any machine designed that way from the start.
Re: Possible scam?
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 10:14 pm
by chunkyfrog
I think I know what I have smelled, and why.
I do not compulsively clean my tank daily, weekly, or even monthly.
(Only when I see "floaters" . . . )
Traces of nature are almost always present in my tank.
Full tank--nothing detectable.
Nearly empty--the funk is concentrated enough so it assails my old nose.
Hey, I garden; there is nothing that has not been all over my flippers.
And I am still alive!
Re: Possible scam?
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 10:40 pm
by Bookbear
chunkyfrog wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:44 pm
I usually smell something "off" slightly before the tank goes dry.
It tends to wake me up--most unpleasantly.
I hate the smell of burning metal in the morning......
Re: Possible scam?
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 2:18 am
by Keeska
I've had a few occurrences of that acrid smell waking me up. I've had to turn the humidifier setting down so the water lasts all night. Grrr…. I just hate that smell!
Re: Possible scam?
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 7:47 am
by chunkyfrog
I just wake up and add water.
My "pipes" need moisture--especially since they are rationing the senior flu vaccine.
Re: Possible scam?
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 8:04 am
by Goofproof
Bookbear wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 10:40 pm
chunkyfrog wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:44 pm
I usually smell something "off" slightly before the tank goes dry.
It tends to wake me up--most unpleasantly.
I hate the smell of burning metal in the morning......
"You smell that? Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know .
I miss my morning Napalm.
Jim
Re: Possible scam?
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 8:14 am
by ragtopcircus
I have never run a tank dry (yet), but I do sometimes get a strong whiff of warm (not burned) plastic when I first turn the air on.
Re: Possible scam?
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 9:33 am
by Bookbear
Goofproof wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 8:04 am
"You smell that? Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
I miss my morning Napalm.
Jim
^5's to Jim for getting the reference!
Mark
Re: Possible scam?
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:29 pm
by BrianMoser
To be honest, it's more looks like spam thank scam. Just improve the registration process with few anti-spam technologies, I guess it must affect such posts
Re: Possible scam?
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 5:21 pm
by prodigyplace
BrianMoser wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:29 pm
To be honest, it's more looks like spam thank scam. Just improve the registration process with few anti-spam technologies, I guess it must affect such posts
If you have concrete suggestions, please private message Pugsy or Carolyn
Re: Possible scam?
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 5:54 pm
by zonker
BrianMoser wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:29 pm
To be honest, it's more looks like spam thank scam. Just improve the registration process with few anti-spam technologies, I guess it must affect such posts
can you be a little more vague?