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Using a radiated heating system is better than buying a whole house humidifier for a condition that is caused by your heater, like taking a pill to manage the symptoms of taking a different pill. There are in floor radiated heating systems as well as in the Air handler systems Aqua-Therm is one that uses the hot water heater to feed hot water ...
Another issue in unconditioned spaces is placing a humidifier. My original garage furnace was attached to a humidifier that froze and broke. It's now autumn and my furnaces are heating the house significantly. As a result, they're sapping all the humidity from the air in the house and we're feeling very dry.
I've had two different whole-house humidifiers, both humidified the return (intake) side of the system, but in two different ways. One was a rotating disc system, which mounted on the bottom of the ceiling-mounted return; the discs rotated into the water and then up into the airflow.
A dual-zone system is one heating element and/or AC coil serving two separate ductwork segments. The extra cost of a dual-zone system as opposed to a single-zone system is in the dual-zone temperature monitoring/control panels, and a system-controlled diverter that sends the air to the side of the system that needs it (or both).
If you want to see if the humidifier is working, wait for a few days of consistent weather, and turn the humidifier off for have of the days. You should see in the trend a much different pattern for the days that it is running. I have a 2000 ft2 house and our Apriaire humidifier keeps the house in the mid 30% RH. Getting up to 38% might be a ...
Most forced air systems use a "flow-thru" humidifier. The other control then is an Air Damper that controls the volume of air that is re-circulated during humidifier operation. (There are a few models in a another class this may not apply to, but virtually every humidifier I've actually seen installed is the "flow-thru" type.)
If the humidifier you are installing is a by-pass humidifier it does not matter a lot where you mount it because the bypass duct has to be mounted into the other duct to yield a pressure differential. That pressure differential is what allows the air to be forced through the media pad to remove moisture from the water supply.
Installing a whole-house humidifier at the furnace is not an option, due to its location. My question is: can a whole house humidifier be installed somewhere other than at the furnace? My options: (expensive) run water up to the 20' ceiling and install on a duct up there.
Toward the end of 2018 I had an entire electric system installed in my house (duct work, air handler and outside condenser ) . Did away with the old oil burning radiator system. I decided to have them install a humidifier while they were at it. Keep in mind all this was done while house was under construction. I was not living there at the time.
Since you mentioned you have a 9GMXT furnace, it has a 24VAC dedicated humidifier terminal. The manual states: The 24 VAC HUM terminal is energized when the low pressure closes during a call for heat. [..] Connect a 24 VAC humidifier to the 24 VAC HUM terminal and C screw terminal strip on the control board thermostat strip. It's rated at 0.5 ...