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Old 11-20-2020, 12:52 PM   #3259
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Okay, I had a humidifier installed and it has a hose from the unit to a floor drain. When the furnace runs the humidifier runs (so far so good).

The problem is that the water runs almost constantly in winter. Is it necessary for all the water to be running down the drain? I talked to my installer who said that this is a necessary price of having humidity, which I don’t know if that’s so.
It really is a significant waste. I’d like to recapture mine to an underground greywater tank and use it for gardening in the summer, but that kind of setup would cost many times more than my lifetime water bill.
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