I have a humidifier Beurer, about 8 hours a day in continuous use, this I use tap water hardness 16.35 ° dH, ie hard water. The lime pads I change about 1 times per week. After one week, clearly constitutes limestone on a pad. The limestone I resolve by the I Pad in commercial descaling lege (citric acid), let soak for about 30 minutes and then wash off with clean water and dry. Thus, the pads are always reusable and saves money ..
One should, despite the pad in this water hardness approximately every 2 weeks the heat source to the evaporation region descale ..