What is a Skuttle on a furnace?
Skuttle Air Cleaners are duct-mounted, high-capacity air filters designed to provide high-level air filtration in today’s energy-efficient homes. The Air Cleaner is easily installed; filter cartridges slide in and out for quick, easy replacement.
Who makes Skuttle humidifiers?
Skuttle continued to invent humidification and plumbing related products—many of them for in-home use. In 1935, Skuttle Manufacturing was purchased by Milton Powers, chief engineer of Timken Furnace Company.
What is Skuttle humidity control?
Working efficiently with your heating system, Skuttle Flow-Thru Humidifiers help protect your home’s structure, contents and occupants by maintaining indoor relative humidity at a safer, healthier, more comfortable 30-to-45 percent. This chart shows how carefully controlled home humidification improves air quality.
Are Skuttle humidifiers good?
The results have been very good: we get higher humidity from the Skuttle (30-40% vs 20-30%, depending on outside temp), no waste water continually being discharged and very quiet operation.
What is furnace humidifier?
Also called whole-house humidifiers, furnace humidifiers connect with forced-air HVAC systems to moisten the warm air that the furnace is pushing throughout the home. They work by holding a reservoir of water, by using a fresh water supply or by creating steam to add to the airflow from the furnace.
Are furnace humidifiers a good idea?
Having a furnace humidifier helps add moisture to the air, which makes your home more comfortable. The moist air can even help your house feel warmer while still burning the same amount of fuel.
Can furnace filters stop Covid?
Portable air cleaners and HVAC filters can reduce indoor air pollutants, including viruses, that are airborne. By themselves, portable air cleaners and HVAC filters are not enough to protect people from the virus that causes COVID-19.