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Dehumidifier - drain into sump pump? Lee B 10-29-2008
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Posted by Lee B on October 29, 2008, 7:07 pm

Yet another dehumidifier question. (For a vacant house, so I need to use
a hose rather than bucket). And yeah, I probably will end up buying the
Sears one if only because it's simpler and I can at least get them to
lift it into my car. Not that I want to waste money, but I don't need it
to last forever... just until I sell the house!

Can I drain the dehumidifier into the sump pump? (OK, I know I *can*,
but is it a good idea?). Someone told me once not to, because the water
would just go back into the air and maintain the humidity. Now I'm
wondering how true that is, since there is one of those cement covers
over the hole. Left to its own devices, the sump pump doesn't empty very
often, other than in storms. The alternatives are running the hose into
the shower stall or trying to hoist the daggone machine up onto the wet
bar counter and run it into the sink... neither of which strike me as
very attractive alternatives for potential buyers to see! (And no, no
floor drain - there is a large pipe that goes into the floor from the
washing machine stand pipe, so I'm assuming that's where a drain used to
be).

Posted by Paul Franklin on October 29, 2008, 8:23 pm
wrote:

>
>Yet another dehumidifier question. (For a vacant house, so I need to use
>a hose rather than bucket). And yeah, I probably will end up buying the
>Sears one if only because it's simpler and I can at least get them to
>lift it into my car. Not that I want to waste money, but I don't need it
>to last forever... just until I sell the house!
>
>Can I drain the dehumidifier into the sump pump? (OK, I know I *can*,
>but is it a good idea?). Someone told me once not to, because the water
>would just go back into the air and maintain the humidity. Now I'm
>wondering how true that is, since there is one of those cement covers
>over the hole. Left to its own devices, the sump pump doesn't empty very
>often, other than in storms. The alternatives are running the hose into
>the shower stall or trying to hoist the daggone machine up onto the wet
>bar counter and run it into the sink... neither of which strike me as
>very attractive alternatives for potential buyers to see! (And no, no
>floor drain - there is a large pipe that goes into the floor from the
>washing machine stand pipe, so I'm assuming that's where a drain used to
>be).

Yes, it's fine. The flow is low, so the pump won't run very much, and
the cover will prevent the moisture from returning to the air. And
even if the pump should fail, it's not going to flood the basement.

Paul F.

Posted by Clot on October 29, 2008, 8:42 pm
Lee B wrote:
> Yet another dehumidifier question. (For a vacant house, so I need to
> use a hose rather than bucket). And yeah, I probably will end up
> buying the Sears one if only because it's simpler and I can at least
> get them to lift it into my car. Not that I want to waste money, but
> I don't need it to last forever... just until I sell the house!
>
> Can I drain the dehumidifier into the sump pump? (OK, I know I *can*,
> but is it a good idea?). Someone told me once not to, because the
> water would just go back into the air and maintain the humidity. Now
> I'm wondering how true that is, since there is one of those cement
> covers over the hole. Left to its own devices, the sump pump doesn't
> empty very often, other than in storms. The alternatives are running
> the hose into the shower stall or trying to hoist the daggone machine
> up onto the wet bar counter and run it into the sink... neither of
> which strike me as very attractive alternatives for potential buyers
> to see! (And no, no floor drain - there is a large pipe that goes
> into the floor from the washing machine stand pipe, so I'm assuming
> that's where a drain used to be).

I can't see a problem with that and support Paul's comment.It's not going to
increase evaporation going into a wet well that's covered.



Posted by Stormin Mormon on October 29, 2008, 9:10 pm
Should work fine. I've also put a couple boards over a laundry sink, and put
the dehum over a sink.

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Yet another dehumidifier question. (For a vacant house, so I need to use
a hose rather than bucket). And yeah, I probably will end up buying the
Sears one if only because it's simpler and I can at least get them to
lift it into my car. Not that I want to waste money, but I don't need it
to last forever... just until I sell the house!

Can I drain the dehumidifier into the sump pump? (OK, I know I *can*,
but is it a good idea?). Someone told me once not to, because the water
would just go back into the air and maintain the humidity. Now I'm
wondering how true that is, since there is one of those cement covers
over the hole. Left to its own devices, the sump pump doesn't empty very
often, other than in storms. The alternatives are running the hose into
the shower stall or trying to hoist the daggone machine up onto the wet
bar counter and run it into the sink... neither of which strike me as
very attractive alternatives for potential buyers to see! (And no, no
floor drain - there is a large pipe that goes into the floor from the
washing machine stand pipe, so I'm assuming that's where a drain used to
be).



Posted by Don Phillipson on October 29, 2008, 9:24 pm

> Yet another dehumidifier question. (For a vacant house . . .
> Can I drain the dehumidifier into the sump pump? (OK, I know I *can*,
> but is it a good idea?). Someone told me once not to, because the water
> would just go back into the air and maintain the humidity.

In some places this might work, in others not. We do
not know if this house is in Florida at sea level or in
Maine halfway up a mountain.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)



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