Top 4 Tips to Clean & Maintain Air Innovations Ultrasonic Humidifiers

Practise you lot own 1 of our Air Innovations Ultrasonic Humidifier models? That'south fantastic - nosotros'd like to thank you for being a valued customer!

Read through this guide if you lot are having any problems with your unit of measurement, or but want to make sure your humidifier continues to work in practiced operating social club. Here are our tiptop tips for thoroughly cleaning and maintaining whatsoever of our Air Innovation's ultrasonic humidifier models.

Tip #ane: Regular Cleaning Keeps the Bad Smells Away

If you maintain your tank on a regular basis, rinsing with make clean water and allowing to air dry, then you lot shouldn't have whatsoever bug with mold formation. Notwithstanding; standing water is a major problem in humidifiers. Although our units are Anti-Microbial, this doesn't mean that mold will never abound inside the humidifier.

Old, stagnant water in an unused unit volition eventually class mold and kickoff to aroma bad. If y'all aren't going to use the unit for more than a day or two, it's all-time to drain out all the water, exercise a thorough cleaning, the permit the unit dry out completely.

Tip #two: Use Vinegar and Water

If you've let water sit down in your humidifier for too long, or you notice a bad smell or mold growing in the unit, then follow these helpful cleaning tips. First and foremost, a 50/50 mix of white vinegar and water is extremely beneficial to your humidifier unit. This helpful tip is included in your possessor's manual on how to clean the base if you see signs of mineral buildup and/or hard water deposits (which look like white grit). Just what are you supposed to exercise when and if your tank starts to odor.

No worries – Air Innovations is here to assist!

Each of our ultrasonic humidifier models include an Anti-Microbial Lining on the inside of the tank plus a Ceramic Anti-Microbial Filter Cap, which never needs to be replaced. Both of these items aid in the boxing against fungi, viral, and bacterial growth. But without regular cleaning and maintenance on your part, these nasty microbes will grow even if the unit stays constantly moisture.

Top 4 Tips to Clean & Maintain Air Innovations Ultrasonic Humidifiers

Tip #iii: Cleaning a Bottom Fill Ultrasonic Humidifier Unit

You should clean your bottom fill unit on a weekly basis, or when you meet signs of hard water buildup or mold formation. Don't look until you have a serious problem – such as noticeable mineral deposits or a bad odour. Regular cleaning will keep your unit in good repair and in perfect operating order!

FYI: The ceramic anti-microbial filter and cap is actually one solid piece (non two separate items) so, that'southward why nosotros call it a filter cap. You tin can't really remove the cap from the filter so please don't try!

Refer to your humidifier instruction manual when following these steps

x Steps on How to Clean Your Humidifier H2o Tank

  1. Remove the water tank from the humidifier base
  2. Pour half of a cup of white vinegar inside of the water tank
  3. Milk shake the water tank vigorously for nigh thirty seconds
  4. Unscrew the ceramic filter cap
  5. Fill the water tank with lukewarm water (not hot – not cold)
  6. Screw the filter cap back on
  7. Let the h2o tank sit for virtually 30 minutes
  8. Unscrew the filter cap and empty the tank
  9. Rinse the tank and the filter cap thoroughly
  10. Gear up the water tank and filter cap bated to permit them dry out

While you're waiting for the vinegar/water mixture to work its magic (see footstep #7 above) you tin can move on to cleaning the base of operations.

Refer to your humidifier teaching manual when following these steps

7 Steps on How to Clean the Base of Your Humidifier

  1. Empty any water out of the base of your unit
  2. Use a measuring loving cup to make a l/fifty mixture of water and white vinegar (about ½ loving cup of each)
  3. Pour the vinegar/water mixture into the base (making certain to avoid the air outlet)
  4. Permit this mixture sit in the base of operations for virtually 30 minutes
  5. Use the brush that comes with the unit & gently clean away any minerals that take nerveless around the black ring of the Ultrasonic Nebulizer
  6. Pour the vinegar/water mixture down the sink
  7. Use a soft microfiber cloth to wipe downwardly any remaining moisture from the base of operations

Top 4 Tips to Clean & Maintain Air Innovations Ultrasonic Humidifiers

Tip #4: Let Your Humidifier Breathe!

Did y'all know that humidifiers demand to breathe!?!  So, the best way to maintain an Air Innovations humidifier is to clean and thoroughly dry out it once a week. Following the cleaning steps outlined in a higher place in Tip #2, especially if minerals or mold are present, will brand certain you'll never have an issue with the water sensors getting stuck, the nebulizer hardening and no longer moving, microbial growth or bad smells.

If you do these regular maintenance tasks then you should accept no issues. And so, in summary:

  • Rinse your unit
  • Wipe down the base
  • Make certain there are no mineral issues
  • Let the unit "breathe" on a weekly basis

Bonus Tip: Clean H2o = Happy Humidifier

Proper h2o irresolute is fundamental for optimal humidifier performance. There are different circumstances for each unit, only we just covered the basic tips to follow to clean a dirty unit or maintain i that smells bad.

If mineral deposits continue to be a problem, it could be due to the type of water you're using. So, just say no to hard h2o eolith and put the tap water down! Air Innovations only recommends the use of filtered, distilled, cold boiled or bottled h2o in all of our ultrasonic humidifier unites.

Reach out to our Client Service Department if you have any issues with your unit or would like to learn more most basic operating procedures.