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Magash
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Humidifiers
#862554 - 09/03/02 09:55 PM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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What is the diffrence between a cool mist and an ultrasonic humidifier? How do they work? Which is better? Why?
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Anno
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: Magash]
#862559 - 09/03/02 09:58 PM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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TM
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: Magash]
#862584 - 09/03/02 10:36 PM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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A cool mist humidifier circulates ambient air through a wet filter.
An ultrasonic humidifier vibrates water at faster than the speed of sound causing it to break up into tiny particles at a high rate of speed.
Which is better depends upon the application/environment/requirements.
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Anno
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: TM]
#862589 - 09/03/02 10:40 PM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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>A cool mist humidifier circulates ambient air through a wet filter. Hmm...some, most not.
>An ultrasonic humidifier vibrates water at faster than the speed of sound >causing it to break up into tiny particles at a high rate of speed. Hmm...nope.
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: Anno]
#862594 - 09/03/02 10:45 PM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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lol is it a bird? is it a plane? no it`s the ultrasonic faster than sound humidifier.
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TM
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: Anno]
#862595 - 09/03/02 10:46 PM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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Okay, here we go again, Anno.
Why don't you please enlighten us on the actual operation of each of these types of humidifiers instead of simply disagreeing.
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: DERRAYLD]
#862600 - 09/03/02 10:51 PM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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Okay, now you've got me laughing at myself... What I meant to say was "at an extremely high frequency"
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Magash
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: TM]
#862603 - 09/03/02 11:00 PM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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My cool mist draws air threw a filter in the back. The cool mist blows mist that is like a very fine water spray. What does the Ultrasonic blow out? Is it more of a vapor or closer to a steam than the cool mist?
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: Magash]
#862608 - 09/03/02 11:07 PM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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HOHO TM it`s all good
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TM
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: Magash]
#862610 - 09/03/02 11:09 PM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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Closer to steam would be a vaporizer, the ultrasonic emits a fine mist NOT driven by air.
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Magash
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: TM]
#862630 - 09/03/02 11:56 PM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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In reply to:
Not driven by air
Is this an ultrasonic fogger or humidifier?
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Anno
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: TM]
#862631 - 09/03/02 11:57 PM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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Wrong again...ultrasonic humidifiers have a small fan built in.
Read http://www.parentsplace.com/toddlers/health/qas/0,10338,166595_101291,00.html .
Edited by Anno (09/04/02 12:01 AM)
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TM
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: Anno]
#862634 - 09/04/02 12:04 AM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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I own two (different brands) wicking filter, fan driven cool mists and an ultrasonic humidifier. I have a pretty good idea of how each of them works. If you have a link that you'd like to publicize, please do.
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Anno
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: TM]
#862644 - 09/04/02 12:23 AM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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TM
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: Anno]
#862654 - 09/04/02 12:32 AM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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Did you read your own link? It says I was EXACTLY correct!
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: TM]
#862672 - 09/04/02 12:45 AM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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HAHAHAHA deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole we go.
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Anno
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: TM]
#862674 - 09/04/02 12:45 AM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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Off course I read the link.
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Anno
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: TM]
#862694 - 09/04/02 01:05 AM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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>the ultrasonic emits a fine mist NOT driven by air.
Sorry, but that?s bullshit for the most ultrasonic humidifiers out there. They DO have a small fan, so the fog is driven out of the humidifier.
Like in this picture:
taken from http://www.rnicholls.supanet.com/part5.pdf .
The coolmist humidifiers, the ones with the impeller, provide more air though so they are preferable.
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TM
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Re: Humidifiers [Re: Anno]
#862712 - 09/04/02 01:18 AM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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My ultrasonic is 17 years old and has NO fan, just a tube directly over the metal plate leading to the exhaust port.
-------------------- ================================================ "Have some congratulatory drugs." - C. Montgomery Burns I'll probably always do drugs, so that just contributes to the addiction to The Shroomery... It's a vicious circle of bliss. TM™
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