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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on October 4, 2006, 1:29 pm
>>>I live in NJ and in my town bedrooms in the basement are not legal.
>>>
>>>> I have put a dehumidifier in my basement to take some of the dampness
>>>> out
>>> of
>>>> the air. The problem is I can only run it during the day because my
>>>> daughter's bedroom is in the basement and the dehumidifier is really
>>> noisy.
>>>> Does anyone have a creative idea for quietening it down? (It's already
>>>> on
>>> a
>>>> carpet). Thanks.
>>
>> To the OP:
>> Get a heavy duty timer. Shut the thing off during certain hours. Your
>> daughter's entitled to silence when she's sleeping.
>>
>
>
> Of course my daughter is entitled to silence when she's sleeping. That's
> why I want to know how to make the dehumidifier quieter. If it's running
> all day and then off at night, I'm just wasting energy as the humidity
> builds up when the dehumidifier is off.
>
>
1) If the basement's so damp that you notice buildup with the dehumidifier
off for 8 hours, you should find the source of the humidity and deal with
it.
2) Unless the basement's got VERY serious problems, dehumidifiers will run
often when you first install them, and then run less as the various objects
in the basement dry out (walls, rugs, stored items). This stabilization
period can vary quite a bit depending on what's actually holding the
humidity (besides the air itself). The bottom line is that you may notice
little or no difference in comfort between running the thing all day, and
shutting it off at night.
3) If you want to quiet the thing, build a box around it. Wood lined inside
with carpet. 3 sides and a top. 1 side open.
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