We have low humidity problems in the house, so I purchased a whole house humidifer and had it installed professionally. Here's the problem....
It only works when the furnace is working, which makes sense. But there is about 1 minute delay from furnace on to the solenoid clicks on and it starts to humidify. My furnace is high efficeincy, and only seems to run for 2-3 minutes at a time, then shuts down. So I am really only getting 1-2 minutes of humidity, and it is not really helping the house.
To prove my threory, I shut the furnace off, and let the temp fall about 5 degrees. Then I put the furnace on. and ran for sometime. The humidifier ran that whole time, and the humidity levels increased by 2% more than it stopped ans went back to about 31%.
Any ideas on how I can get the humidifier to run more?
Thanks Bill