Yes,humidity does tend to increase when it gets warmer out.Winter causes humidity to go down and gets very low and would easily make a humidifier come on more.Even when winter temperatures do get higher,it does not always cause the humidity to go up.Winter air is quite dry no matter what temperature,unless a rain storm rolls through.I am also a little confused by your post but I think you are in winter now.Turn your humidifier level down slowly to make sure it does go off.Turning it up absolutely will make it run much more.In winter,humidity levels probably do not go much higher than 30%,as long as you are not in the South or near a large water supply.If it snows during winter where you are,the air is very dry.I could not find a downloadable user manual for your item.Is the scale set for 0-100,same as humidity level on the news?If it is,setting it a little lower than 40 should make it turn on alot less.When I used to live up North though,the first week or 2 of having house heat on would occasionally give me nosebleeds because the heater makes the air very dry also.If you have a problem like that,or even when you wake up and your nose and mouth are very dry,you may want to set it a little lower when you are awake,and turn it up a little more when you sleep.Researching yours I found a post on this site from a couple of years ago.
Your humidifier has it's own heater?Are there 2 different dials,1 for heater and 1 for humidifier?If there are,the humidifier would likely stay on even though the heat kicks off.If there is one dial for both,I'll have to check further.I would please like you to answer the questions for me to help.If I answered your question though,it's all good.I am listing the link I found.At least look at it and see if anything there has something which may help you also.Any problems or questuons,just comment here and I will get an autolink to your post and eply ASAP.Greg
http://www.fixya.com/support/t1147141-continous_ware_flow_honeywell_he220a
Yes,the setting does sound like a humidity percentage setting.By turning it down,you are telling it you want a lower humidity,causing water to go off.By turning it up,you want high humidity,causing water to come on.Colder air is much dryer=very low humidity in the air.You WOULD have to turn it down to turn it off.30 degrees may have about 10-20% humidity so any hunidity setting above that means you WANT more humidity.There is no way the number 40 would be any sort of temperature setting for heat,agree?I hope this explains it better.Greg P.S.What does it have for temperature settings?
Is this new unit to you?If it isn't,I assume the humidifier didn't used to come on without the heat running?
I read your manual and could not find anything about this.The settings appear to be more of a recommendation than a necessity.Also,the reasons they gave are very good for having this difier.Whenever your TV is on,try to avoid toching the screen or coming within 4" of it as static electricity can easily ruin it.I also went to Honeywell FAQ's and that was a waste of time really,so I called them.They said it is not a normal function to have water running without the furnace on.If you want to,I can try to help you fix it yourself,or if you do not feel safe about it you will have to call for help.I did find a couple of forums where people have problems and there are things which you can try before getting service.They mainly are about flushing out your system due to water depositing stuff and building up leaving components such as valves forced open.Also in your manual,it has some routine maintenance for you to care for your system if you already do not.Here are some links.The first one is a problem in a forum by someone a couple of years ago.The second one is just a google search result for honeywell humidifiers.I looked through about 10 pages and did not see much info about problems people had so it must be a well built unit.
http://www.homeownershub.com/maintenance...
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=na...
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Thanks for the reply and help. This is actually a whole house humidifier installed into our furnace system. Sorry I wasn't very clear! From what I understand, the unit should turn on and flow water triggered from the furnace turning on. I have the setting set at 40 on the dial, which is what Honeywell shows as the setting number for temperatures 20 degrees and above. (I'm not sure that means 40 percent humidity level, just says 40!) When I do that, even without the furnace running, the thing clicks on and starts running water through the humidifier and doesn't stop. Seems strange. The colder the temps get, the more you turn the level DOWN on their scale which turns the water off. So right now, with warmer temps and higher humidity, even though I have it set correctly for our higher temps right now, the thing is running endlessly. If I turn it down for setting levels for colder temps, it turns off. Well anyway, I'll just fuss with it and see what works! Right now it's not fully needed since our temps here in Iowa are gravitating between 50s and low 30s right now.
Let me start over on this one: Honeywell whole house humidifier installed on our furnace. Instructions show for outside temps +20 degrees and above (warmest temps shown on the instructions) to set the humidifier thermostat level at the number 40 mark. When I do this right now, even with the furnace not running, the humidifier clicks on and starts running water through the pad and does not shut off unless I lower the level back downward. (seems like right now with milder fall temps we're having that it SHOULDN'T be running, especially if the furnace is not running, right?) If I lower the humidifier level back down to 20-30 (which are the settings for much colder temps) it shuts off and stays off. Just seems not right/backwards to me? Any thoughts? Thanks!
OK - let me make sure we're straight. (I do understand temp vs. humidity!) The colder it gets outside/inside (winter) the MORE humidity you need to add to the air. The hotter (like summer) the LESS humidity you need obviously. I get that! :) However, the instructions clearly printed on the manual and thermostat seem to reflect just the opposite. Here is DIRECTLY what it shows in multiple places on the manual and thermostat for the humidifier:
(First number is "At outside Temperature" Second number is "Recommended Setting" - thus if the temp outside is -20 F, the setting should be 15.)
-20 F = 15 setting
-10 F = 20 setting
0 F = 25 setting
+10 F = 30 setting
+20 F = 35 setting
Above 20 F = 40 setting
Our temps right now are above 20 degrees F, thus I have it set to 40. And when I do that, the thing clicks on and runs continuously even though our furnace is NOT running. (everything I've read says the thing shouldn't even click on if the furnace is not running.)
not new - a few years old. but usually I've waited to turn it on in Dec. when it gets much colder, so I've always had it set to the lower numbers, as directed when temps are colder, and it's run as it seems it should. I don't think I've really turned it up this early when the temps are higher and the furnace hasn't kicked on as much yet. So just surprised me when I turned it up to the 40 level, once again as fully directed by the manual instructions, and the thing clicked on and started running water constantly, and not turning off.
it's almost as if it's operating in reverse of how it should - but then the instructions for setting levels seem backwards from what would you think they should be! Sorry to be so confusing on this but that's the god honest truth about what it says for setting it versus the temps!
Thanks for all the info - very helpful! Appreciate it!
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