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YORK® Bypass Humidifier
The bypass humidifier is the economical whole-home option: 12 or 17 gallon-per-day capacities, using your furnace's own airflow to distribute moisture through winter heating cycles. Optional automatic controls hold your target humidity without fiddling. It restores the comfort humidity that our dry winter cold fronts strip out of Central Texas homes.
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YORK® Bypass Humidifier
The bypass humidifier is the economical whole-home option: a water panel plumbed into your duct system that uses the furnace's own airflow to evaporate 12 or 17 gallons of moisture per day into the air stream. No fan of its own, few moving parts, low cost — and for most homes, entirely sufficient.
Central Texas winters are short but dry: every cold front that pushes through strips humidity, and heated indoor air can drop below 30% relative humidity — static shocks, cracked trim, irritated sinuses. A whole-home humidifier fixes that at the source instead of chasing it room by room with portable units you have to refill.
York's optional automatic control monitors indoor humidity and holds your target level hands-free. Because a bypass unit only humidifies while the furnace runs, we size and configure it against your actual heating runtime — a detail that decides whether it keeps up.
Every install starts with a free in-home assessment and a flat written price — no surprises. Call 512-528-4258 or request service online.
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Specifications
| Capacity | 12 or 17 gallons per day |
|---|---|
| Type | Bypass — uses furnace airflow, no dedicated fan |
| Controls | Optional automatic humidity control |
| Integration | Installs on your existing duct system |
Specifications verified against YORK® published product data. Ratings vary by tonnage and matched indoor equipment — we confirm the exact match for your home during the free assessment.
Who this model fits
- Most single-system homes that want winter humidity restored at the lowest equipment cost.
- Households tired of refilling portable humidifiers in bedrooms.
- Anyone with wood floors, instruments, or winter static complaints.
Warranty
- York: 5-year parts limited warranty.
- MLD Services: lifetime workmanship warranty — if our install or repair work ever fails, we make it right.
York's extended warranty terms require online registration within 90 days of installation — otherwise parts coverage reverts to 5 years. We register every unit we install as part of the job, so you never have to think about it.
The honest note
A bypass unit depends on furnace runtime — in a large home or one that heats rarely, the fan-powered or steam unit keeps up where this one can't. We'll tell you which tier your square footage actually needs.
From the field
Owning this system in Central Texas
Ownership is one water panel per season: we swap it at the fall tune-up, check the solenoid and drain, and set the humidistat for our climate — around 35–40% in winter avoids window condensation while killing the static and dry-sinus problems.
Remember it only runs while the furnace runs. In a mild winter week the output drops with runtime; if you notice dryness returning during warm spells, that's the physics of a bypass unit, not a fault — and it's why larger homes step up a tier.