Why is there a burning smell from my vaporizer

I wouldn't mess around with trying to fix it myself if the item is still under warranty. If you are smelling burning, and safety mechanisms aren't working, I'd be very careful about continuing to use it.

Do you still have your invoice? At only 2 months old, the unit shouldn't be malfunctioning like that. Best thing to do would be to take it back and exchange it for a new one. If the place you bought it from won't take it back, then call Honeywell directly. Honeywell should cover either fixing it or exchanging it under warranty.

Not much. Most people want to buy new medical equipment / environmental control equipment if the original price is under $50 or so. They fear a used piece will be dirty and transmit infection or, less severe but also disturbing, cigarette smoke smell or cat hair. Cleaning costs and time will consume the costs and doesn't justify the risk of buying used. Especially if they have no way to return it if it stops working (or never works).

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The humidifier may be partially clogged with mineral scale. Especially, if you're using well water. It can be cleaned by running the humidifier with with a 50/50 solution of Bottled Distilled Water and White Vinegar in it. Then flushing it with bottled distilled water through another complete cycle.

In the the future, you may want to use Bottled Distilled Water rather than tap water. It's inexpensive (about $1.00 per gallon) and can purchased at most super markets and pharmacies.

Hope this helps solve your problem.

If it smells like plastic burning. Stop using it immediately. As there could be an electrical short or overheating of the unit. If doesn't smell like plastic burning, you'll need to be more descriptive of what the odor smells like.

One thing you might try is to drain all water out of your unit and rinse. Refill halfway with distilled water and two cups of pure vinegar. Run unit as you would normally without any additives. It won't smell very good but it should help clean mineral sediment. Rinse and see if it helps. Good luck. Thanks

Good day. Here is the link for the manual. Please note page four which shows your issue and some solutions. Let us know what works.
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://docs.google.com/viewer%3Fa%3Dv%26q%3Dcache:pbhjzMo9E3sJ:www.kaz.com/kaz/support/manual/%253FProductManualAction%253DrenderProductManualById%2526ProductManualId%253D5faaee9ab20669a0a26a9fb6e6bb99f8%2Bvicks%2Bvaporizer%2Bblack%2Bparticles%26hl%3Den%26gl%3Dus%26pid%3Dbl%26srcid%3DADGEEShoMFRd7NbKZtGZM-qKr0_rmMQA7bQYO-r4VBGXLFKF1WnqeeQZDdU6pMTOMcxsZMFqdAfWvECyUPTLsoW2KBMr3QBWzicSiUPyG1F8iW4Wmil0atnkfBT1ulKofnvo5HX1DBdR%26sig%3DAHIEtbS-BI2SvXCl3TTlcQduwYAGXqORQg&ei=nuZFS7_EPMiVtgf65bDrAQ&sa=X&oi=gview&resnum=2&ct=oth

Have you tried adding salt to the water in the vaporizer? Sometimes the water needs to minerals for the humidifier to work...I add sea salt to mine every time I fill it.