This can amount to savings of $25 to $50 per month, enough to cover the cost of electricity for running a whole house humidifier. When running a humidifier during the heating season, you’ll be able to keep your thermostat set lower and still feel warm. Just as you feel cooler in drier air, you feel warmer in humidified air. Otherwise, a whole-house unit is a better choice. In a small home or apartment that needs just one humidifier, then a stand-alone unit might be sufficient.

Electricity consumption is multiplied if you need more than one room model to make your home comfortable. Stand-alone models don’t humidify a very large space, and they use more electricity than whole-house humidifiers. They are controlled by a humidistat to prevent over-humidification. Most have the potential to add 15 to 30 gallons of moisture to your home per day. Other units eliminate pads and create cold vapor or hot steam that mixes with circulating air. As air warmed by your furnace passes over the pad or roller, water is evaporated and carried into the living spaces of your home. Many have a sponge-type pad or roller that is kept moist by a water feed. It is a component added to the furnace, air handler or ductwork in your home. Is a Whole House Humidifier Worth the Cost?.

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