Humidifier Furnace Ac Wiring
You do not want to connect high voltage lines directly to a low voltage unit such as the humidistat controller.
Humidifier furnace ac wiring. Please take note of the difference between the high and low voltage lines. This is the third video in the three part series that i posted. There are a few different types of furnace humidifiers. A furnace mounted or whole house humidifier connects to a forced air heating system to deliver moist air throughout the house.
This causes the humidifier to be active only when the furnace is calling for heat. Check the furnaces user manual as it may have instructions on how to connect a humidifier. If there are no humidifier control terminals present youll have to get creative. In general by connecting between r and c the thermostat motor will only have the ability to come on when the furnace is actively heating it wont come on if the fan is set to on mode or if the air conditioner is on.
Drum and flow through humidifiers typically mount to the cold air return duct near the furnace with a hose that connects to the warm air supply duct. Whole house humidifiers work with the home furnace to distribute moisture efficiently to all living areas whereas porta. Leave the covers off the furnace until you get the thermostat wired. A mist unit attaches to the wall next to the.
The wiring diagrams necessary for your installation will vary depending on the equipment that you are installing your aprilaire humidifier with. Is that what i should use. Shopping for hvac and indoor air quality. The furnace control pannel has the following 24 vac terminals.
I want to wire my furnace humidifier to my furnace so that when the humidifier goes on the blower on the gas furnace will start to. Why install a humidifier with my home furnaceinstalling a whole house humidifier to work with your home furnace will provide optimal humidification throughout your entire house. We bought an aprilaire 600m whole house humidifier for our furnace recently and filmed the unboxing and review of the unit. A humidifier in a 220 vac edition will end up using both of the wire as its power wire.
A reservoir type has a reservoir of water that moistens a rotating drum. A flow through humidifier uses freshwater that flows through the system and drains away. The two wires have two separate functions. Since you have a humidifier terminal instead of r youd connect to that.
Though a common solution to this problem is to connect one wire to the c terminal and the other to the w terminal. One wire will serve as the ground wire or the neutral wire for the humidifier at 120 vac and one will serve as the power wire.