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Use a humidifer in your studio? A heads-up.

 
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Mike Harrison
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:11 am    Post subject: Use a humidifer in your studio? A heads-up. Reply with quote

The cold weather creates a need for increased humidity to make us feel more comfortable and help keep our breathing apparatus from becoming too dry.

So we fire up the ol' humidifier. But if we use a humidifier in the room where we work, equipment -- especially those components which have fans -- are breathing in that moistened air, too. And if your tap water contains minerals and other "stuff," you can expect to see a dust form inside your gear and on its fan blades.

I can't say whether this dust itself is harmful but, if allowed to build up, at the very least it would certainly eventually reduce airflow.

I'll be checking my gear more frequently now.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I need to use a humidifier any where in the home I use only distilled water for that reason.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think you get that white mineral dust from ultrasonic humidifiers but not from the wicking type, though, I could be wrong.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You should perform routine dustings of any fan-bearing electronic equipment anyway. Perhaps do it more often during humidifier times.
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