I feel a somewhat ignorant for not recognizing the chemist who posted earlier as Mr. Wheellock and the VP of Dampp-Chaser Corp. but thus the peril of being new to the list I suppose. My boss at work did make mention that chlorine in water will cause Hypochlorous Acid (HoCL). That is pretty much what bleach is (5.25% HoCL). The concentration is obviously so small that it isn't likely to cause that much damage. After all we do drink chlorinated water. The heater bar will likely enhance the release of this HoCL. The Ammonium Chloride in the humidifier solutions found on the average store shelf is very corrosive in and of itself. That may be the culprit in some of the damage spoken of earlier. That may not be much help but I think that there are grounds to abide by Dampp-Chaser's orignal request to stick with their products and not cause our customers any expensive repair cost from the possible savings of a few cents on a humidifier treatment not recommended by the manufacturer of the product. Thank you, Bobby Sims > > Any report you could make on the success of ammonium in binding the > > chlorine under what might be a aggravating conditions (heat of the > > bar, as well as any electrical field around heating element) would be > > a welcome contribution. This situation may be more common than we > > think. > The gentleman who was a schooled chemist will possibly be helpful here but the chlorine is converted to chloramines by the addition of ammonia as far as I understand. The chloramine still has the disinfection traits. I'll check with my supervisor (chemist) on it and try to get back to the list again. > > Bobby Sims > sims-n-sons@ev1.net > http://users2.ev1.net/~brsims > >
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