Awesome video! Thank you so much for putting this content out. The instructions for this humidifier are vague and hard to understand, and I’m an experienced DIYer. Without this video I’d probably still be fighting this project.
Great to see a guide connecting the humidifier to the LV thermostat controls. Only call for humidity when the furnace is running. Thanks for the walk thru!
Thank you for the video it was very helpful. WARNING: There was just one problem, that you will probably want to know about. Our HE280 did NOT include a bunch of the stuff that came with yours, as shown in the video. We bought the Honeywell HE280D2001/U (which is the same but bigger than the HE240), but it did NOT come with the 6" duct, the 6" duct collar, 18 gauge wire, 1/4" OD water tubing, 1/2" ID drain tubing, the aluminum foil tape, and the water valve. Everything else looks the same. I also checked the manual online, before purchasing. The manual I found was "Honeywell Home HE240, HE280 Humidifier and Installation Kit," and it listed everything that yours came with in the video. The manual that came with the one we bought had the same title, except the title was missing "and Installation Kit." I Googled extensively and I was unable to find an HE240 or HE280 for sale that comes with the installation kit. I also looked for the installation kit separately, but couldn't find that either. This isn't huge problem if you know this, but it was quite annoying, when I found this out when I was about to install it. I would have sourced and purchased the extra items at the same time I bought the HE280, if I had known. This added about 3 hours (sourcing online, and going out again and buying all the extra pieces). One of the reasons I liked the HE240/280 was that I thought it came with all these extra pieces, so it would have saved me having to go out and get them. Anyway, thank you for your video. It's very clear and your explanations and tips were very helpful.
That was fun! Thanks. I'm gonna stick the Honeywell 3200A(?) on my Coleman EB12B electric down draft furnace so my long hair cats don't stick to each other or the wall or make blue sparks in the dark.
32:48 I’m using the wall transformer how do I wire up the terminal block? Red to red and white at the terminal block? Great video. Thanks for the video and for sharing your experience
That white terminal block needs to receive 24v and ground to energize the solenoid valve, the humidistat interrupts either 24v or ground to open or close the solenoid valve. Hope that helps!
Why you can do the same just running 2 wire to your control board to get 24v. Only need the wall transformer if your humidifier and furnace is stealing the 24v
Very good. Enjoyed watching. How would you wire a honeywell HE365 powered humidifier and smart thermostat (Lennox S40) with built in humidistat to the Lennox SL280UHV control board?
I have a strange set up. I have my gas furnace with my a/c coil in my plenum. Next to that i have a sperate furnace with a water to air exchager for my wood burner. The gas furnace has a return, the radiator takes its air from the basement(no return duct). My questions, how do I install it? Would i go to the duct after the 2 meet up? Being as I want to install the power on the radiator fan motor, how would my pressure switch work with no return duct? Lastly, if i mount it after the 2 meet up, could i somehow wire it to run when either of them turn on?
are Condesate Pumps required/necessary? My humidifier is not far from my sump pump, and the Condensate pump, pumps into the sump pit. The condensate pump is pretty loud, and i'd like to run PVC right from the humidifier drain to the sump... that wouldn't be a problem right?
A condensate pump is not necessary. The location of the equipment in this video has no sump pump or drain tile in the floor so it uses the condensate pump. If the condensate pump already drains into the sump then I would run the humidifier line right into it.
If I have as forced hot air and i turn heat down when not at work and during sleep, this only works while in heat phase correct? So no humidity during non-heating downtime? Whats the best unit for my kind of set up?
Can someone explain as to why any1 wants to cycle the humid air through the furnace filter, Or am I not understanding the concept? It seems like the return will pull the humid air threw the furnace filter. Instead why not push the humid air directly into the supply duct after the evaporator coil? Would need a separate fan I guess
That's fine, there are many people that do exactly that. It helps with preventing stratification, which means it helps keep the whole house at the same temperature and humidity level.
Howdy. Ours was installed already in our home. The plastic housing with the water element is on the return plenum and the round pipe enters on the supply, above the evaporator. The humidistat is also located on the return plenum. It seems to be installed backwards. What are your thoughts? Thanks for your time.
The solenoid valve shuts the water off, the fitting I installed on the blue pex water line also has a shutoff valve that can be shut off when not in use.
I don't understand how it works. Does the furnace have to be running on heat for it to be on? What if you have a fireplace and the furnace stays off? Then it doesn't humidify?
In your case could you connect to the fan circuit rather than the heat circuit? Then you can just run your fan (but not the heat) while the fireplace is on.
Thank yoj. I see you inserted the white cables and neutralized the red. Mine was the opposite - red wires inserted and white neutralized. Am i wrong? Coz the humidifier is not working
I connected one yellow wire (from aprilair solenoid) to common on my furnace and the other yellow solenoid wire to the humidistat. The other humidistat wire i wired to W1. That didn’t work so I tried W2 and about to try G. Not sure what I’m missing but the humidifier won’t turn on regardless of the stage of heat or placed in W1 or W2. Please help if you can!
The humidistat may not be set high enough to allow current through or if your humidifier has a pressure switch it may not be seeing a pressure differential.
All other demos say to NOT put it where the AC coils are.That is the only place I have a large enough area on the supply side and also what is done in this video....Is that really OK????
Per the instructions it should be placed on the supply side duct, that also prevents water from being pulled into the ductwork if it is installed on the return side duct. You will sometimes run into problems where it wont fit anywhere else and the humidifier pressure switch can be modified to work on a return duct. In the video, that was the best place to install it due to the available duct area. Hope that helps and thank you for watching!
Awesome video! Thank you so much for putting this content out. The instructions for this humidifier are vague and hard to understand, and I’m an experienced DIYer. Without this video I’d probably still be fighting this project.
Great to see a guide connecting the humidifier to the LV thermostat controls. Only call for humidity when the furnace is running. Thanks for the walk thru!
Great video thanks. Can I install reverse like humidifier on return air ? Because my old one is installed in return air duct
Yes you can. I have mine installed on return. It's been a few years, but I think it tells you how to in the install manual.
Hey Code One. Great video. It sure helped me out because mine didn't come with instructions. I guess Quality control took that day off.😊
Thank you for the video it was very helpful.
WARNING: There was just one problem, that you will probably want to know about. Our HE280 did NOT include a bunch of the stuff that came with yours, as shown in the video.
We bought the Honeywell HE280D2001/U (which is the same but bigger than the HE240), but it did NOT come with the 6" duct, the 6" duct collar, 18 gauge wire, 1/4" OD water tubing, 1/2" ID drain tubing, the aluminum foil tape, and the water valve. Everything else looks the same.
I also checked the manual online, before purchasing. The manual I found was "Honeywell Home HE240, HE280 Humidifier and Installation Kit," and it listed everything that yours came with in the video. The manual that came with the one we bought had the same title, except the title was missing "and Installation Kit." I Googled extensively and I was unable to find an HE240 or HE280 for sale that comes with the installation kit. I also looked for the installation kit separately, but couldn't find that either.
This isn't huge problem if you know this, but it was quite annoying, when I found this out when I was about to install it. I would have sourced and purchased the extra items at the same time I bought the HE280, if I had known. This added about 3 hours (sourcing online, and going out again and buying all the extra pieces). One of the reasons I liked the HE240/280 was that I thought it came with all these extra pieces, so it would have saved me having to go out and get them.
Anyway, thank you for your video. It's very clear and your explanations and tips were very helpful.
That was fun! Thanks. I'm gonna stick the Honeywell 3200A(?) on my Coleman EB12B electric down draft furnace so my long hair cats don't stick to each other or the wall or make blue sparks in the dark.
excellent video
32:48 I’m using the wall transformer how do I wire up the terminal block? Red to red and white at the terminal block? Great video. Thanks for the video and for sharing your experience
That white terminal block needs to receive 24v and ground to energize the solenoid valve, the humidistat interrupts either 24v or ground to open or close the solenoid valve. Hope that helps!
Why you can do the same just running 2 wire to your control board to get 24v. Only need the wall transformer if your humidifier and furnace is stealing the 24v
Thanks for the tips! Very helpfull
Great step by step video!!
Thank you!
you're awesome. best of luck and great installations.
Very good. Enjoyed watching. How would you wire a honeywell HE365 powered humidifier and smart thermostat (Lennox S40) with built in humidistat to the Lennox SL280UHV control board?
Nice Job!! explain it very well!!
Glad you think so!
Very informative!
Thank you!
I have a strange set up. I have my gas furnace with my a/c coil in my plenum. Next to that i have a sperate furnace with a water to air exchager for my wood burner. The gas furnace has a return, the radiator takes its air from the basement(no return duct).
My questions, how do I install it? Would i go to the duct after the 2 meet up? Being as I want to install the power on the radiator fan motor, how would my pressure switch work with no return duct? Lastly, if i mount it after the 2 meet up, could i somehow wire it to run when either of them turn on?
Thanks! Great video!
are Condesate Pumps required/necessary? My humidifier is not far from my sump pump, and the Condensate pump, pumps into the sump pit. The condensate pump is pretty loud, and i'd like to run PVC right from the humidifier drain to the sump... that wouldn't be a problem right?
A condensate pump is not necessary. The location of the equipment in this video has no sump pump or drain tile in the floor so it uses the condensate pump. If the condensate pump already drains into the sump then I would run the humidifier line right into it.
@@codeonemechanical thank you for the reply! I actually did all the work today. Shouldn't hear that buzzing pump 2 floors away anymore!!
If I have as forced hot air and i turn heat down when not at work and during sleep, this only works while in heat phase correct? So no humidity during non-heating downtime? Whats the best unit for my kind of set up?
Great content! Funny and informative. Uppercutted that bell on my way out.
Appreciate that!
Which do you prefer Aprilaire or Honeywell? Looking to install one very soon
Can someone explain as to why any1 wants to cycle the humid air through the furnace filter, Or am I not understanding the concept? It seems like the return will pull the humid air threw the furnace filter. Instead why not push the humid air directly into the supply duct after the evaporator coil? Would need a separate fan I guess
how do know what voltage your furnace is inside where you hooked up ? I have a 2021 carrier gas system with ac
There is a transformer installed inside your furnace that steps down the voltage to 24 volts.
What if we want to run the blower full-time?
That's fine, there are many people that do exactly that. It helps with preventing stratification, which means it helps keep the whole house at the same temperature and humidity level.
Howdy. Ours was installed already in our home. The plastic housing with the water element is on the return plenum and the round pipe enters on the supply, above the evaporator. The humidistat is also located on the return plenum. It seems to be installed backwards. What are your thoughts? Thanks for your time.
They can be installed on either side. Only thing that changes is the tubing going into the pressure switch.
@@codeonemechanical Thanks!
Is there a mechanical water
valve or automatic valve on the humidifier? How do you shut the water off in the summer ?
The solenoid valve shuts the water off, the fitting I installed on the blue pex water line also has a shutoff valve that can be shut off when not in use.
I like how you put it after the filter.! Why do people put if before the filter ? It bugs me . Cuz wouldn't the filter catch the water vapours ?
I don't understand how it works. Does the furnace have to be running on heat for it to be on? What if you have a fireplace and the furnace stays off? Then it doesn't humidify?
In your case could you connect to the fan circuit rather than the heat circuit? Then you can just run your fan (but not the heat) while the fireplace is on.
@@jfowler88 ok I guess that might work, but if the heat kicks on (fire goes down) then does it work or not?
Thank yoj. I see you inserted the white cables and neutralized the red. Mine was the opposite - red wires inserted and white neutralized. Am i wrong? Coz the humidifier is not working
The color of the wires doesn't matter, it's where they connect to. Double check with the instructions.
I never knew that I could cut out the side where the coil is and mount my humidfier.
If there is nowhere else to do it then it's fine, ensuring to take precautions not to damage the coil inside.
Awesome. Thank You.
I connected one yellow wire (from aprilair solenoid) to common on my furnace and the other yellow solenoid wire to the humidistat. The other humidistat wire i wired to W1. That didn’t work so I tried W2 and about to try G. Not sure what I’m missing but the humidifier won’t turn on regardless of the stage of heat or placed in W1 or W2. Please help if you can!
The humidistat may not be set high enough to allow current through or if your humidifier has a pressure switch it may not be seeing a pressure differential.
great thumbnail i thought it was a columbo episode
Is that not a lot of waisted water if u wanted to have the system go for a long time ? Seams like a lot of waist
How long did this install take from beginning to end?
With recording, about 2 hours.
All other demos say to NOT put it where the AC coils are.That is the only place I have a large enough area on the supply side and also what is done in this video....Is that really OK????
Per the instructions it should be placed on the supply side duct, that also prevents water from being pulled into the ductwork if it is installed on the return side duct. You will sometimes run into problems where it wont fit anywhere else and the humidifier pressure switch can be modified to work on a return duct. In the video, that was the best place to install it due to the available duct area. Hope that helps and thank you for watching!
Mine came with like no accessories weird
Return it, it should.
Good install. But you got the ferrule wrong way.
Now that I see it again, you're right. The fat side needs to go towards the nut. 😅
That pex job…. all the way to the gas hot water tank…. I think code is 18” or something… but common sense says it gets hot around there:)
Common sense isn't common 😂
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Just for safety i think you should wear gloves next time🙂
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