Moisture in House

[TheReefGeek]

Now you want me to remember things too?

I honestly can't remember the name right now. I remember I did a google search for dehumidistats, then i found a brand name of a company that made them. Then I called their head office, found a supplier in Edmonton, called them, and went there. Then I ended up getting a different one for half the price at the same place, it was like $20.00.

If I can think of the name, i will post back.

[TheReefGeek]

Ok I looked it up.

The company I originally found was LifeBreath, looks like they do HRV's yay!

www.lifebreath.com

I then looked into their dealers and in Edmonton found

ECCO HEATING PRODUCTS LTD.
Contact: ELAINE HODGINS / AL FIRT
14760-116th Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T5M 3G1
Phone: (780) 479-1946
Fax: (780) 474-8500
E-mail: ehodgins.edmt@eccohtg .com
Website: www.eccohtg.com
Toll Free: 1-800-330-3226


And went there and they had a cheaper model than the LifeBreath for sale.

There are retailers of LifeBreath in Calgary, just go to the dealer locator from the lifebreath website.

[mark]

Originally Posted by TheReefGeek

Now you want me to remember things too?

I honestly can't remember the name right now. I remember I did a google search for dehumidistats, then i found a brand name of a company that made them. Then I called their head office, found a supplier in Edmonton, called them, and went there. Then I ended up getting a different one for half the price at the same place, it was like $20.00.

If I can think of the name, i will post back.

rated 120V?

[Bob I]

Originally Posted by Invigor

I tell ya it was a kick in the pants to find out our new furnace has a 110v fan instead of the variable 3 speed DC fan I -thought- was coming with it...grr. I think the AC fan motor uses 6amps...so that's the same as running 2 250w MH ALL DAY LONG!! huge bill

But, we also bought an HRV unit, just has to be installed. I'm really looking forward to it.

A bit of a error in thinking here. It is unlikely that you furnace has a 6 Amp motor. That would be about a five horsepower motor. There are 745 watts to a horsepower. The motor in a 120v furnace is usually a fractional horse motor. I know mine is 1/12 Horse.

[Invigor]

Originally Posted by Bob I

A bit of a error in thinking here. It is unlikely that you furnace has a 6 Amp motor. That would be about a five horsepower motor. There are 745 watts to a horsepower. The motor in a 120v furnace is usually a fractional horse motor. I know mine is 1/12 Horse.

that's the blower motor in the old furnace. I haven't checked the new furnace, but the manual it came with says it has a 1/2 horse motor.

[Bob I]

Well it does say 1/3 HP and 6.4 amps. I may have to take back my statement It still seems high for such a small motor. However, the maker would not lie. As a matter of interest, I just looked a the name plate on another furnace motor. It is 1/4 horse, and draws 3.7 amps. So there is quite some variation.

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by Bob I

I may have to take back my statement

< gasp >

[Invigor]

Originally Posted by Bob I

Well it does say 1/3 HP and 6.4 amps.

yep. I remember when I first saw that I said to myself "you've gotta be f***ing kidding me". then when I found out the new furnace had the 110ac blower, I said it again..I -really- thought it had the low voltage DC motor

Oh well...I think the HRV only uses 38watts or something outrageously low...that I can handle. I was just really looking forward to having constant circulation throughout the house. From hearing what other people are saying, I'm really hung in suspense waiting for it to be installed. I think we're waiting on some duct work to be fabricated...

[woodcarver]

Just to add to the discussion,I used to have approx. 80 or so tanks in my basement rearing angels and did not have a lot of trouble with moisture ,mainly I assume because all the tanks had glass covers ?
I had a small de-humidifier in one of the rooms which did not get overworked.
Probably the open top and vigorous turnover of water in saltwater tanks greatly assists evaporation with the results we are hearing about.
I am about to get back into marines and was thinking of open top ( I suppose this is to get as much light into the tank as possible ?) but may have second thoughts on hearing the associated problems.
Is it very difficult to keep the cover glass clean ?