Are there any humidifiers that can handle strait, unfiltered tap water without leaking everywhere?
Are there any humidifiers that can handle strait, unfiltered tap water without leaking everywhere?
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I'm dealing with dry air, and the humidifiers I had bought before got the tiniest grits of dust or something in them and leaked their whole tank of water. Turns out they needed purified water or distilled water to function long term.
I just want to put tap water into a thing and get humidity into the air. Any suggestions?
Edit, they were indeed ultrasonic humidifiers.
I've never heard of a humidifier leaking because of not using purified water.
Humidifiers that use ultrasonic elements to vaporize water can, as I understand it, get buildup from residue. You can get a white dust from them. But I wouldn't expect them to leak.
I've never had any issue with use of tap water in humidifiers. I've used the variety that just wicks water up into a material and has a fan blow through it. Those shouldn't even have the dust potential.
It depends on how hard your water is. The calcium can cause any seal to not be a seal for long
I can't think of a humidifier I've owned that had seals for the water, just a bucket/bowel to hold the water and a thing on top that blew air out.
Why would calcium cause a seal to leak? I just searched for "calcium seal leak water" and nothing comes up.
The white dust is supposedly not OK to breathe, offsetting the benefits of increased humidity.
So I guess you shouldn't take showers