Humidity/Humidifier Questions

[bassistpatrick]

My room is about 12 feet by 13 feet, and I usually keep the door closed. Is it ok to use a humidifier that's for a much larger area? I'd like to get one that shuts on and off by itself to automatically maintain the humidity level.

Is the one I have ok?It just has three levels (low,med,high). What if I turn it on and leave for work (because it dropped below 35%) only to come back and find the humidity level has risen up to 60% or something. Or the opposite, (I turn it off because it got too humid, come back and found it dropped alot) I heard it's not good for the humidity to rise and drop like that.

Also, i haven't even used the humidifier yet this year, and sometimes my meter says the humidity has flucuated 10-15 degrees in 24 hours. This be not good?

[winstonthecat]

In general, if your humidifier has a humidistat (think thermostat, but for humidity), it should be able to cycle on/off to maintain the preset humidity level.

You will have to experiment to see if your humidifier does this, and what humidity level is maintained with the low, med, high settings.


If the humidifier is oversized, it will increase the humidity in the room faster than an appropriate sized machine. Along with the rapid change in humidity, it will tend to cycle more frequently, which can cause earlier wear out.

[Dbassmon]

Originally Posted by winstonthecat

In general, if your humidifier has a humidistat (think thermostat, but for humidity), it should be able to cycle on/off to maintain the preset humidity level.

Rapid changes in humidity level and/or temp are what cause seams to split. 60% is very humid, if you take that bass to gig or lesson, somewhere with dry air, you are asking for trouble.

I own a Bionaire humidifier that has a digital humidistat. It' was a $90
I keep it set at 35% to prevent drastic changes in humidity when I take my bass out to a gig. The thing works perfectly for a studio space, not the whole house.