Recently, I undertook a dirty task of cleaning the humidifiers! To my astonishment, I found a dead bird within - must have been trapped there "umpty" long time ago (only feathers & skeleton left behind).
I did ever wonder of such a possibility - but again, how would a bird get in there accidentally while air is blowing out during operation? What is the probability of bird falling in during "off" period: low, right?
But then it is Murphy's law again.. "If something can go wrong, it will go wrong eventually!" It is only a matter of time.
How did I address the situation? Well, these 6-litres water bottles provided the solution!
By cutting away the top & bottom and further cut the cylindrical body into halves (axially). Mount one over the humidifier's semi-circular handle with a self taping screw. It serves as a cover over the fan.
In addition it also diverted the updraft of the humidifiers sideways too - quite a neat solution I reckon.
Will it guarantee no birds will be trap again? Probably not.. but surely reduce the probability much further. It must be really bad luck for the next bird to get trap inside again.
3 comments:
Good observation. But would that be better or easier if we use mosquitor net (made by plastic) to cover the top humidifier. It can grantee 100% the bird would not drop inside the humidifier.
Hi Gee, sure; why not? Or put the humidifier in a wire screen cage. Better still, that will guarantee no birds get in. More than one way to skin a cat!
I did ever wonder of such a possibility - but again, how would a bird get in there accidentally while air is blowing out during operation? What is the probability of bird falling in during "off" period: low, right? best whole house humidifier
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