My Honeywell Humidifier worked last year. Now filter is getting water but I can't get humidity above 25 percent. It is a Honeywell HE260. Please tell me what your service costs and do you pay whether your suggestion works or not. ADVISE

He is a link for your humidifier, has directions how to wire it up http://customer.honeywell.com/techlit/pdf/PackedLit/69-1570.pdf

Not having any water in the reservoir is more than likely the problem. Has someone turned off the water supply line valve to the humidifier? Does the inline, water sediment filter need cleaning or replacing? The real question is, why did the water supply to the humidifier stop? Troubleshoot that problem based on the questions asked above and you'll solve the problem.

Hope this helped you solve the problem.

Hello, is there water going down the drain tube, if so then the humidifier is working. The pad does not really get saturated the water just trickles on the pad and the the fan blows it into the air duct. your outside air temp determines what your humidistat should be set at.

Outside Temperature -10 F 0 F 10 F 20 F 30 F Recommended Indoor
Relative Humidity 20% 25% 30% 35% 35%

Make sure damper dial on humidifier if open, winter. Also most humidifiers recommend to supply unit with hot water instead of cold (evaporates faster).

I have same problem with no water flow on identical humidifier but was able to fix it. Removed the inlet to the solenoid valve and found (1) a small taper mesh filter inside (2) a small diameter orifice that was clogged. Cleaned the miniature filter and used a sewing needle to open the orifice and now works perfectly.

Neither, even if the solenoid or humidistat stick, it should always drain properly. Is the unit mounted on the cold air return duct or the supply plenum? If it's mounted on the supply plenum, the water panel might be getting blown forward and spilling the water. High efficient furnaces also can leak water on the floor if its drain is restricted. If hum. is mounted on return duct make sure drain is clear by blowing through it. On Honeywell hum's I've seen the rubber hose from the solenoid valve to the distributor tray leak too, check the rubber 1/4" hose.

Humidifiers are made from a very durable heat resistant plastic. If it melted or warped you have a serious overheating problem. That plenum should not get over 140 to 155 degrees. If this furnace is running to hot it could stress and crack your heat exchanger. Install a good carbon monoxide detector in your home!!!! Check your filters. Check your airflow. Make sure all registers in the house are open. Is your blower speed set high enough? If this furnace is operating to hot it is definitely worth the investment to have a pro look at it before you replace the humidifier.
Is this overheating problem new? Or was this something thar happened years ago and may have since been solved But you are just now noticing the heat damege that was caused.
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Try the following test, ( I will resume this is a flow through humidifier)

Spray water directly oin the filter make sure it is saturated. Some water should leak from the bottom. After 10 min measure the Humidity to see if this helped. If there is a higher level of humidity the pbm is that not enough water is saturating the filter. Check the level of the filter & water feed nozzle.

Option 2 is to connect the water feed tube to a Hot water source.

Hope this helps.

Unless you are using a current sensing relay or sail switch, you need to get the humidifier power from the blower motor supply so it only operates when the blower is on.

Since you can manually control the humidifier, there is not a fault with the solonoid.

hi first of all: disassemble the device to its basic components and clean them well - clean the filter of the device well: take it out, wash it well with hot water, dont squeeze it let it dry ... maybe the humidity gauge isnt working ... check it with antoher gauge good luck