dehumidifiers

Posted by Mark Modrall on July 20, 2005, 2:06 am

Hi...

We're in a very soupy heatwave here in the metro boston area (90
degrees, 90 percent humidity), and to top it off a lot of moisture seems
to seep up through our foundation (not through cracks but seemingly just
through the concrete).

My wife tried buying a dehumidifier at the hardware store today, but
she says she's returning it tomorrow; it may work at taking some water
out of the air but the downside is that it's exhaust is very hot -
adding hot (but hopefully drier) air to an already hot room.

So, are there any recommendations for a good dehumidifier that might
not have as hot exhaust? What are the better models out there?

Thanks
_mark

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Posted by Brian V on July 19, 2005, 10:50 pm

> Hi...
> We're in a very soupy heatwave here in the metro boston area (90
> degrees, 90 percent humidity), and to top it off a lot of moisture seems
> to seep up through our foundation (not through cracks but seemingly just
> through the concrete).
> My wife tried buying a dehumidifier at the hardware store today, but
> she says she's returning it tomorrow; it may work at taking some water
> out of the air but the downside is that it's exhaust is very hot -
> adding hot (but hopefully drier) air to an already hot room.
> So, are there any recommendations for a good dehumidifier that might
> not have as hot exhaust? What are the better models out there?
> Thanks
> _mark
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> Put the .net on the .cod to send email

Mark,

I'm in Boston too. I just bought a Dandy Sillouette AC/De-Humidifier. This
unit has 2 6" ducts that connect to a plate which goes in the window. 1 is
an air intake, the other is the hot exhaust. This thing kicks butt! Works
absolutely awesome. It was 450$ in attleboro, I think the place was called
Percy's, not 100% on that tho, it was next to BestBuy right after the
Emerald Sq. Mall. Here's a link to what I got.
http://www.danby.com/en/whatsNew.asp

-Brian

Posted by Dan Espen on July 19, 2005, 11:31 pm

I'm not far away from you and for the last 2 days I used a dehumidifier
to dry up the puddle in the basement from water condensing on the
freezer.

It may be a bit warmer in the basement, but with the dryness,
I don't see the problem.

Posted by toller on July 20, 2005, 2:18 am

Dehumidifiers use electricity, so obviously they will produce heat.
Consider an airconditioner. They also dehumidify the air and send the heat
outside.

Posted by Vic Dura on July 20, 2005, 5:54 am

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 02:06:59 GMT, in alt.home.repair RE:

> My wife tried buying a dehumidifier at the hardware store today, but
>she says she's returning it tomorrow; it may work at taking some water
>out of the air but the downside is that it's exhaust is very hot -
>adding hot (but hopefully drier) air to an already hot room.

That the way they are designed to work. The only other alternative is
a small window a/c unit.

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