A mighty thanks to CP nation. So... after looking over some of the ideas presented, it occured to me that a) I needed to change my furnace filter (which I had the old one in backwards) and b) I should inspect my humidifier, to see how it turned down. The filter was the easy part.
Turns out my humidifier was dripping at a rate of about 3-4 drips per second, and there was no failsafe stopper. So the tray (I'm guessing this is an older style humidifier) would overflow and spill on to the concrete ground. I'm thinking rust, corossion (sp?), deposits, etc. So I go to turn the regulator valve, and water starts bleeding out of the valve.
What would any warm blooded person do in this situation? That's right... called my dad. He came over, and after a bit of tinkering and tightening, we came to the conclusion that the valve was no longer regulating how much water was being passed through.
After a trip to the serverly under staffed Home Depot, we got a part that we thought would stop the problem temporarly, and one that would fix the problem when we had more time. Turns out the temp solution sped up the need for the fix, as the cap we bought to stop water going to the humidifier wasn't tight enough.
So water sprayed... and some things got wet.
Bottom line is, it's fixed, and dripping more at a 1 drip per 3-4 second pace, instead of the other way around. I would never have thought to look there to see what's going on had I not started this thread in the first place.
Thanks to everyone for pointing out that doing something with the humidifier was a good idea.
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