Humidifier doesn't blow....and that's bad.

January 5, 2011 5:40 PM

I have a Kenmore console humidifier. Recently it's become unable to blow in any setting but the 'low' one. I've tried changing the filter but that didn't work. Any ideas from the fixy-oriented on things I could try?
posted by answergrape to Home & Garden (5 answers total)

If you're not using distilled water (and please who does?) it might be limed up. My dad cleans his seasonally with CLR.
posted by toodleydoodley at 5:44 PM on January 5, 2011

Response by poster: What part might need to be cleaned with CLR?
posted by answergrape at 5:53 PM on January 5, 2011

Lime probably wouldn't affect the fan speed.

Probably a bad switch- what does the fan do when it is at the higher settings? Nothing? or spin at the same speed?
posted by gjc at 6:06 PM on January 5, 2011

Response by poster: It used to have 3 settings; F1, F2, and F3. Now it only seems to have the one setting which now says just "F." It blows or it doesn't blow.
posted by answergrape at 6:11 PM on January 5, 2011

Oh, it is like a LED or LCD display rather than a knob? No clue.
posted by gjc at 7:44 PM on January 5, 2011