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QCC Humidifiers:
Beating the Dry Winter Climate – No More Static
Shocks from Touching the Thermostat
The most common misconception about forced air heating is that
it drys the air in your home. Since this is untrue lets explore
why the air in your home feels dry.
 There are three ways dry air enters your home: opening doors,
leaking through walls/windows, and combustion
air. When
this dry, contracted air enters the home in the winter it has a
low saturation point to begin with; not to mention that its relative
humidity is low. Eventually this air will become heated along with
the rest of the air in your home. When this occurs the air will
expand and although the amount of water vapor will remain the same
the saturation point will rise, thereby lowering the relative humidity
and making the air FEEL dryer. So what are the saturation point and
relative humidity? The saturation point is the maximum amount of
water vapor air can hold at a given temperature. Relative humidity
is the percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the saturation
point, OR what percent of water vapor is in the air compared to
how much water vapor the air can possibly hold at a given temperature.
The importance of humidification is often overlooked in homes.
Lack of humidity can damage furniture/flooring, raise energy bills,
affect our level of comfort, and worst of all be a risk to your
health. Amazingly enough too much humidity can also be a bad thing.
Most experts agree that 35%-45% relative humidity is optimal.
Lets look into specific examples of how too little or too much
humidity can affect your lifestyle.
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Too Little
(Winter 30% and Lower) |
Too much
(Summer 50% and Up) |
Furniture/
Flooring |
Too little humidity
can cause the separation and cracking of wood
in your furniture and floors. |
Too much humidity
causes wood to swell, which is in exact opposition
to what happens in the winter. The two together
can quickly ruin a floor or a piece of furniture. |
Raise
Energy
Bills |
In winter dry
air can draw moisture from our skin making us
FEEL colder, and by default we turn to the thermostat |
Our body depends
on sweating in order to cool itself. When the
air is saturated with humidity again we turn to
the thermostat. This is where dehumidification
and the proper sizing of air conditioners
can play a crucial role. |
Unhealthy |
Dry air can
greatly affect our ease of breathing. Especially
for asthma/allergy sufferers. |
In addition
to creating contaminants like bacteria, mold,
fungi, and mildew too much humidity and open doors
in the summer give the open season go-ahead to
the mass breeding of dust mites. |
Quality Climate Control, Trane, and Aprilaire have the solution
to these problems. Here at QCC we offer the sale and installation
of many humidifiers, and dehumidifiers as well as thermostats and
air conditioning systems that can control the dehumidification
in the summer months. Take a look at the products below and choose
the product that best suits your needs.
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Trane Humidifiers
SRP (Suggested Retail Price) includes installation and taxes.
Model # |
Application |
Warranty |
SRP |
Trane 500 |
- Flow through fan powered humidifier
- High performance – delivers up to 18 gallons a day
- Automatic humidifier control option with outdoor sensor for up to 50% more humidity
- Aluminum humidifier pad treated with ceramic clay for enhanced pad performance
- Can accommodate homes roughly 4,200 square foot in size
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5 year part/1 year labor |
$625.00 |
Trane 300 |
- Bypass humidifier
- Delivers up but 17 gallons per day
- Automatic humidifier control option with outdoor sensor for up to 50% more humidity
- Aluminum humidifier pad treated with ceramic clay for enhanced pad performance
- Can accommodate homes roughly 4,000 square foot in size
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5 year part/1 year labor |
$575.00 |
Trane 200 |
- Bypass humidifier
- Delivers up but 12 gallons per day
- Manual humidifier control
- Aluminum humidifier pad treated with ceramic clay for enhanced pad performance
- Can accommodate homes roughly 3,000 square foot in size
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5 year part/1 year labor |
$550.00 |
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Aprilaire Humidifiers
SRP (Suggested Retail Price) includes installation and taxes.
Model # |
Application |
Warranty |
SRP |
Aprilaire 700 |
- Flow through fan powered humidifier
- High performance – delivers up to 18 gallons a day
- Automatic humidifier control option with outdoor sensor for up to 50% more humidity
- Aluminum humidifier pad treated with ceramic clay for enhanced pad performance
- Can accommodate homes roughly 4,200 square foot in size
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2 year part/1 year labor |
$575.00 |
Aprilaire 600 |
- Bypass humidifier
- Delivers up but 17 gallons per day
- Automatic humidifier control option with outdoor sensor for up to 50% more humidity
- Aluminum humidifier pad treated with ceramic clay for enhanced pad performance
- Can accommodate homes roughly 4,000 square foot in size
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2 year part/1 year labor |
$525.00 |
Aprilaire 500 |
- Bypass humidifier
- Delivers up but 12 gallons per day
- Manual humidifier control
- Aluminum humidifier pad treated with ceramic clay for enhanced pad performance
- Can accommodate homes roughly 3,000 square foot in size
|
2 year part/1 year labor |
$475.00 |
Aprilaire 400 |
- Water is recycled making it great for homes with septic systems or where no floor drain is available
- Bypass humidifier
- Manual humidifier control
- Aluminum humidifier pad treated with ceramic clay for enhanced pad performance
- Can accommodate homes roughly 4,000 square foot in size
|
2 year part/1 year labor |
$500.00 |
Aprilaire 350/360 |
- For homes without forced air systems
- Manual humidifier control
- Aluminum humidifier pad treated with ceramic clay for enhanced pad performance
- Can accommodate homes roughly 4,500 square foot in size
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2 year part/1 year labor |
Call for pricing |
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Aprilaire Dehumidifiers
SRP (Suggested Retail Price) includes installation and taxes.
Model # |
Application |
Warranty |
SRP |
Aprilaire 1700/1720 |
- Dehumidification for forced air systems
- Provides three times the moisture removing capacity of leading portable dehumidifiers – up to 11.25 gallons per day
- No messy tanks to fill and clean – ever
- Automatically senses moisture levels and maintains optimum humidity levels in your home, never too much or too little and running only when needed
- Switches automatically between whole-house dehumidification when central air conditioning system is running, and localized dehumidification when your air conditioning isn’t running
- Convertible from whole-home to localized application such as crawl spaces, attics, and basements
- Can be operated manually allowing you to monitor and control moisture levels in a specific location such as basement or master bedroom (optional living space control is required)
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2 year part/1 year labor |
Call for pricing |
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