Running a dehumidifier

calleyw

I don't have an ebac one but an homebase one and I found after a couple of hours I found that I a small amount in the bottom and after running it after putting up wall paper after a few hours I had about an inch in the bottom of the tank.

Mine just runs all the time and is not clever enough to turn itself off so is basic.

I found that when I used my a lot last winter to get washing dry on the pulley rack that electric bill rose from about £48 ish for a winter quarter up to £75 a quarter. I was using a tumble drier no more than usual winter use. So I was rather shocked to see the hike after checking the winters before bill.

So may find you use a bit extra electric. One way to check how much. Is to take a reading don't use the de-humdifier for 24 hours and then take another reading. After taking the second reading run the de-humdifier for 24 hours and then take a third reading.

Take a look on your bill and you will be able to see what they charge per Kwh. That will tell you how much extra roughly your bill will be.

Yours

Calley

Smiley_Mum

Just called Ebac Customer Services and the guy said the machine is not working correctly, should have collected some water. The flat does seem warmer and no condensation etc but he did say there should have been some water collected after 2 days at least. Collection next Monday, and they will send a replacement. Oh well, we shall see...

Poppycat

I am surprised on that other thread that's someone said that there's uses 220W. Mine is over 600W, mine can't be very efficient.

This link may be useful, it explains how they work

http://www.repairclinic.com/0088_14_3.asp

also definition of one

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehumidifier

Pink.

As there have been lots of answers to this thread on Old Style, I'm going to move it over to the In My Home board where there are other dehumidifier threads to see if you get any more replies.

Pink

alanobrien

Smiley_Mum wrote:

Just purchased an Ebac 2400e dehumidifier, yet to arrive. Wondered, how long do people run them for on a daily basis. We have a small flat and get bothered a lot with condensation problems, especially at this time of year. Would I have to run it for a long time initially to dry out the place and then as and when required sort of thing, or do people run them at set times, throughout the day. Just want to get an idea of how long I'd have to have it running etc and figure running costs etc. Any info much appreciated. :-)

Dehumidifiers are great gadgets. We got an Amcor HD320H only a few months ago and i am amazed how well they work.

Basically you only need to run it to keep the humidity within "normal" levels i.e. 40 to 70 RH.

A simple and cheap hygrometer like this one placed in the same area as the dehumidifier will clearly show you when your enviroment in within the normal humidity range.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BGHM.html

Smiley_Mum

Got my dehumidifier back from Ebac, new one this morning. Been running it since about 10.30am and I cannot believe how much water it has extracted and that is just with myself and little one in flat, not cooking really, baths etc. Not til morning for baths. Extracted nearly a litre of water so far. Notice a difference in the kids room, and the bathroom definitely is warmer. Temperature guage I have was 20 this morning, now same heating on etc, its running at 24. Wow, great thing. Will probably try and cut the drier use too, so I'll put washing on rack and run it in the bathroom at night time and air them off in the drier if I need to in the morning. Wish I'd got one sooner, what a difference it has made to the warmth of the flat. Was freezing yesterday, couldn't get warm at all and had fleecey tops on etc, the works. Certainly not the case now, flat is warmer definitely, away to turn heating down a bit. Really chuffed. :-)

Poppycat

Glad to hear you got a replacement promptly.

Smiley_Mum

Collected faulty one yesterday and delivered new one this morning at 8.30am. Cute delivery guy too. :drool:

Poppycat

Dont forget the water from the dehumidifier is also distileld so it doenst contain minerals etc good for irons etc. I just checked up that I was right and found out that it may contain microbial contamination so best boil if unsure.

http://www.growingedge.com/community/archive/read.php3?c=WQ&q=1108

Smiley_Mum

Thanks for the tip Poppy. I'm not sure whether I can use distilled water or not in my iron/SG etc, but worth a look. Know I used distilled water when I was in Germany for ironing and stuff but water was very very hard over there.