Experienced rain out for the first time

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Experienced rain out for the first time

Post by kgresgott » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:27 pm

Hi everyone,
I experienced rain out tonight. It woke me up. :/ What causes this? My machine is lower than the bed. My humidifier is set on 4. It's been set on 4 for the last couple of nights (before that it was at 3). Is this something everyone experiences from time to time?

-Kathryn
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Re: Experienced rain out for the first time

Post by ems » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:40 pm

Not fun when that happens, I know. If it were me, I would lower the humidifier from 4 to 3 and see what happens. You could also try 3.5, but that might not make enough of a difference.
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Re: Experienced rain out for the first time

Post by kgresgott » Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:18 am

Thanks for the reply. I think my humidifier goes from 3-4, no halfway mark. But I"ll look. I think I will turn it back down to 3.

-Kathryn
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Re: Experienced rain out for the first time

Post by hades161 » Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:05 am

Shrug, I find when the weather changes fast and or a big rain hits sometimes I'll end up with some rain out. Sooner or later everyone gets it. I also live close by a big Lake though.

At least you didn't pull the unit down from the night stand =) I did that once and woke up to my Swift FX serving up jets of water @! Haha.

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Re: Experienced rain out for the first time

Post by kgresgott » Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:05 pm

lol hades! I haven't pulled it down to the floor yet but it has crept closer to the edge of the table. I've got to be more careful. I don't want to get soaked.

-Kathryn
'It's a beautiful day, don't let it get away.' - U2