CG>I concede that we have had a moist time, but the humidifier
CG>intake dropped so suddenly during the humid period. If it had
CG>slowed down gradually, or dropped suddenly at the start of the
CG>humid period (mid December?) I could understand it, but to take 6
CG>litres per day willy-nilly and then stop? odd.
  Hi Chris, my mail feed has been so irregular that I left in most of
  your quote to refresh our memories. :-)
  My houseplants suddenly started using copious amounts of water the
  last 2 days of cold nights and bright days. I now have to check tiny
  plants every single day, as well as those directly over the heat
  vents. Last week, it was every 3rd or 4th day, and I could leave them
  a day w/o worry. But not this week.
CG>We'll see. I am in a high-rise, 14th floor of a 15-storey. I face
CG>North-west, so am shaded during most of the day, with late
CG>afternoon sun peeking above the skyline about once a fortnight
CG>from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m..
  At that level, you'd have a lot of air movement most days, but less on
  those drippy ones. :-)
CG>piece of coloured tape to the "right" spot on the dial, and leave
CG>the thermostat adjustment place and crack a small window to
CG>adjust the temperature.
  Make sure your fresh air intake isn't directly off major truck/car
  routes. Smog you can see and smell, but not carbon monoxide.
CG>The humidifier is placed right next to the air intake, in the
CG>hopes that the moistened air will be sucked into the heater and
CG>be blown into every room in the apartment.
  Or, conversely, that dry air exiting the heater will absorb its limit
  in moisture as it flows across the water, and then get blown
  elsewhere.
CG>Me too. However, I turn the dryer inside (by disconnecting the 4"
CG>pipe) permamnetly in winter, to capture both the heat and the
CG>mositure.
  Until I discovered that I had both mold and dustmite allergies, both
  of which flourish in warm moist atmospheres, I did similar, either
  with a special lint catching bucket or porous bag. Otherwise, lint was
  blown all over the house through my furnace.
                           ...Sandra...
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