My home has a water softener installed, how will this affect my Desert Spring Humidifier?

A water softener does not remove calcium or other hard water minerals, but rather, it works to keep the calcium suspended in the water so it will not precipitate out of the water to form mineral scale. As a result, there is an increase in the total load of precipitate that results from evaporation. Therefore, humidifiers in homes with soft water generally require more periodic maintenance than with hard water. However, the resultant precipitate from water treated with a softener is more liquid (slurry-like) than ordinary calcium, so soft water precipitate may be easier to clean. In some severe cases, the fine softener salts can form a fine white dust that can be blown into the duct work (this is rare).