20 Most Recent Honeywell HE220A1019 Whole House Humidifier Humidifier - Page 2 Questions & Answers

I has the same problem with my HE360 unit. The unit was in fact miswired. The head unit red wires were connected directly to the blue solenoid wires, and activated the solenoid without any signal from the humidistat. As soon as the unit is plugged inn, the water starts running without any signal to the unit. If your unit is miswired, the soleniod blue wires need to be cut and connected to the red crimp connectors.

Hello, the first thing to check is to make sure there is no sediment at the inlet strainer of the solenoid valve preventing the water flowing, if there is remove it, clean it, reinstall. If the solenoid is clean and the same problem persists replace the solenoid, most likely it is weak.

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Hello, this could be tw o different things. when you install a humidifier you need a means of turning it on and off with the furnaces blower motor, this is done by either a sail switch, current sensing relay, or by the transformer being hooked up directly to the furnaces control board. if you do not have one of those three than the humidifier will run continuously untill u manually turn it off at the humidistat. If you have one of those three installed already than the solenoid valve is stuck and must be replaced.

I believe that Carrier has a 24 volt setup for humidifier but am not sure. On the circuit board I think there is a terminal (HUM). If there is this terminal connect 1 wire to this and 1 wire to C terminal.
If not,pretty sure there is a 120 volt EAC terminal. This would only kick on when blower is on. If you have to use this you would have to install transformer to the EAC connections

If you have very old furnace, does it have a blower with a belt. If it does it should only have 2 wires going to blower. If it has 2 you should be able to use the transformer you have plugged into wall and splice into 2 wires going to blower. If you have more than 2 wires to blower, you will need to find out which one is used for heat plus use the white one. If you have a voltage sensor you should be able to find it easily.

Hello, In order for the humidifier to turn on and off you need either a sail switch or current sensing relay. A sail switch senses air flow and will turn on the humidifier when the blower motor kicks on and a current sensing relay senses current through the blower motors common wire. If you have either of theses hooked up already and the solenoid valve remains open then the solenoid valve must be replaced.

Don't know why so much water. May be able to adjust by turning down valve tap. Turn unit on and you should be able to hear water pressure decrease. Make sure damper in 6" pipe is open so humidified air will get through system. When very cold humidities are lower. Also must hum. mfgs. suggest connecting with hot water instead of cold (vaporizes faster) don't know which you have

replace solenoid....there may have been calcium or rust that clogged up in the valve which is causing the solenoid to stay open

Yes there should be a hose or pipe connected to the bottum of the humidifier so it can drain properly.

I have a Honeywell humidfier HE 220A with a KIP U147112 valve. Will turning the large screw head on the valve decrease the volume of water flow through the humidifier. Too much water is being wasted.

Yes, this solenoid is "Normally Closed". That means that when energized, the solenoid opens the valve to allow water to flow. Otherwise it is closed. Unfortuneately, that doesn't always happen, and there soes not seem to be a pat answer as to why. I spoke with the mfgr (Kip) and they offered plentyof "maybe's" but nothing firm.

What's worse is that I can not find any one or store that stocks or sells these, and Kip's lead time is 4-6 weeks.

By setting the humidistat to a higher setting means that there will be more humidity produced by the humidifier. Depending on what the outside temp is that will determine what setting it should be set at.

a couple of things, is this new or old..
1. you should have hooked up to hot water side of water not cold
2. you should have summer/winter bypass installed
3. what is your outside humidly running.

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The setting is determined by outdoor temp whats your outdoor temp?

Check solenoid 24V. You should here a "click" when you turn on the unit when furnace is running. These things clog up with chemicals.