Battery Humidifier

To make a person comfortable in the room, it is important to maintain specific humidity level. Everyone knows that in many apartments, especially in the winter, when heating works, the air becomes too dry. This factor can extremely negatively affect human health. You can increase the humidity in the room using various methods and special devices. Consider a simple and affordable device that is used for these purposes - a humidifier on the battery.

Types of Humidifiers

Before choosing a device for your apartment, it is worth familiarizing yourself with all its types in detail.

Steam humidifiers

Steam type humidifiers are quite popular. The principle of their work is that they bring the water to a boil, after which it intensively evaporates, thereby moisturizing the air. Many devices have a built-in hygrostat (a sensor that detects indoor air humidity). It automatically turns off the device at the moment when the humidity level reaches the desired value.

The bonus when choosing a steam humidifier will be nozzles for therapeutic inhalations, which are usually attached to the device.

Ultrasonic Humidifiers

Ultrasonic devices work in a completely different way. The device converts electrical vibrations into mechanical ones. Due to fluctuations in water, waves of high and low pressure are formed. In those places where the pressure is lowered, the water begins to boil. Interestingly, this process occurs at room temperature. Then the fan sprays the resulting water suspension into the air, after which it becomes steam.

Cold Humidifiers

This is a traditional type of humidifier. Cold type devices have a built-in wet filter. The principle of operation of such a device is as follows: water is poured into a special reservoir of the device, from there it enters the evaporators, through which air is driven by the built-in fan, moistening on output.

It is interesting that the intensity of the operation of cold humidifiers directly depends on the degree of humidity in the room. The higher the humidity in the room, the lower the rate of evaporation of water.

Battery Humidifiers

These are compact devices that are mounted or placed on the heating elements in the apartment. They can be attributed to the steam type of humidifiers, but their structure and principle of operation is much simpler.

The humidifiers on the battery are made of two materials: plastic and ceramic, but ceramic devices are more common.

The principle of operation of such a humidifier is quite simple:

• water is poured into the device;
• it is placed on the heating battery;
• water gradually evaporates, moistening the air.

The steam from such a device has a temperature of about 40-50 degrees, so it does not pose a danger to either children or pets.

Why choose a humidifier for the battery?

A humidifier designed to be mounted on a radiator has many advantages.

• A simple device does not consume electricity.
• Unlike electrical counterparts, a humidifier cannot make noise, so it can be used at any time of the day.
• Humidifiers are available in different sizes and shapes, so they can be made a beautiful detail of the interior or vice versa placed.
• Using this device, optimum humidity is achieved for indoor plants, which are usually located on window sills above radiators.
• The price of this type of device is more than affordable.
• Unlike electric humidifiers, devices on the battery are much softer and gradually raise the humidity level in the room.

Another important point is the versatility of the humidifier. Almost all models of the device can be used with any heating batteries (aluminum, cast-iron, bimetallic). Also, most of these humidifiers have fasteners that fit all radiators.

Many air humidification devices can only work on distilled or demineralized water. For a humidifier, ordinary tap water is suitable for a battery. If it is too stiff, a coating may appear on the walls of the container, but this does not affect the quality of the main task.

Why air humidification?

The benefits of air humidification in the apartment are undeniable. There are several factors that require mandatory measures to restore optimal humidity:

1. Dryness. Even at the very beginning of the heating season, you can notice such negative signs as excessive dryness of the skin, hair and mucous membranes. At first, this does not interfere too much, but then more serious symptoms, such as nasal congestion, discomfort in the throat and hypersensitivity of the skin, may begin to bother.
2. Bacteria and viruses. In the cold season, the incidence increases greatly. However, not only cold weather and the weakening of the body's defenses are to blame. The fact is that too dry air is a wonderful environment for the reproduction of various viruses and bacteria. Through the dried mucous membranes of the respiratory tract, they easily enter the human body. Scientists have proven that many viruses spread much less with a humidity level of 50-60%.
3. Allergy. The air of any apartment contains microscopic, invisible dust, as well as various substances that emit many objects (for example, furniture, household chemicals and much more). All this can cause allergic reactions. Humidification allows you to reduce the concentration of allergens in the air and clean it.

It is worth noting that children are much stronger than adults, are affected by dry air. It is especially important to maintain optimal humidity in the apartment for the newborn, because his body is very susceptible to negative factors.

A humidifier on the battery will help to solve all these problems. Most importantly, it is safe for children, because it does not contain heating elements and does not connect to the electrical network.

How to choose a humidifier?

There are many tips for making the right choice and buying the right air humidifier. Of course, there is no consensus here, since everyone selects a device for their own purposes.

A battery humidifier should be selected in the following cases:

1. If a child lives in the room (since the device is absolutely safe, and also does not create a serious excess of moisture).
2. If the room is not too large (in this case, a humidifier on the battery will be enough, besides this will save money, and subsequently - electricity).

Can I make a humidifier with my own hands?

How to increase the humidity in the room, if there is no desire to buy special devices? You can make a humidifier on the battery with your own hands. Particularly complex or rare materials are not required. Moreover, it does not take too much time.

First way

So, to make a humidifier on a battery at home, you need to take:

• 2 plastic bottles;
• fabric tape (it can be made from gauze or an old towel);
• 2 pieces of wire (copper or steel is suitable).

The process of making the device with your own hands is simple:

1. We bend 2 hooks from the wire and attach them to the neck of the bottles.
2. Then we fill the bottles with water (it is desirable to fill them less than half) and with the help of hooks we hang them on the battery. It is desirable that the distance between the bottles is about half a meter.
3. We put gauze or cloth in several layers. After that, we fill one end of it into the first bottle, wrap the rest of it around the hot pipe, put the second end of the gauze in the second bottle.

With the help of such simple manipulations, you can get a device that will help humidify the air in the apartment. Periodically, the fabric will be covered with plaque, so it needs to be changed. You also need to add water to the bottles as it evaporates.

Second way

This DIY manufacturing option for the humidifier is slightly different from the previous one. For him we need:

• plastic bottle (1.5 or 2 liters);
• wide adhesive tape;
• a long rope or piece of cloth;
• gauze.

The manufacturing process of the device includes the following steps:

1. It is necessary to make a hole on one side of a plastic bottle, about 10-12 cm long and about 5-7 cm wide.
2. Then you need to take a rope or piece of cloth and tie the bottle to the battery so that the hole we made is upstairs. Those places where the bottle comes in contact with the cloth are additionally fixed with tape.
3. Gauze must be folded several times so that the width is 10 cm and the length is 1 meter. One end should be in the hole made in the bottle, the second should be wrapped around the battery.
4. Water is poured into the opening of the bottle.

Done!

Making a humidifier on a battery with your own hands at home is not at all difficult. This will require only 30 minutes of free time and materials available to everyone.