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HappyLoved

Novice_investor101 wrote: »

My dehumidifier is a Meaco ABC 12ltr model. It's quite petite but does a great job of keeping the whole house feeling nice & dry. .

That's really interesting, does it take much electric to run? This is our first cold spell in an older house and it constantly feels cold even though the thermometer doesn't say so but it's quite a damp house, maybe that's why it always feels so cold! I'm concerned that it would take a lot of money to use.

carrielovesfanta

HappyLoved wrote: »

That's really interesting, does it take much electric to run? This is our first cold spell in an older house and it constantly feels cold even though the thermometer doesn't say so but it's quite a damp house, maybe that's why it always feels so cold! I'm concerned that it would take a lot of money to use.

i have an old house that's prone to damp too. I wouldn't be without my dehumidifier and I'm investing in a new one this year. My current one is quite old and runs at about 350W I think. The model that I'm looking at is 180W. If your electricity is 15p per kWh, then a 180W dehumidifier would cost about 69p per 24 hours to run. But it shouldn't need to run constantly once the house is at a steady humidity.

Novice_investor101

HappyLoved, it's rated at 180w costs about 2.5p per hour to run according to the blurb.
Now my house is "dry" it probably only runs for a total of 3-4 hours a day. It's left permanently on & set to a target humidity so it cycles on & off a bit like a thermostat does. I emptied the 2 ltr tank this evening, last time I emptied it was 2 days ago.
It's made such a difference to how warm my house feels. No more feeling chills even though the thermometer said it was 20c indoors & I've actually saved electricity as I've stopped using electric space heaters because I felt cold.
& It's helped my allergies - dust mites can't survive in humidity less than 55%.

Can't recommend one highly enough!

Primrose

HappyLoved wrote: »

That's really interesting, does it take much electric to run? This is our first cold spell in an older house and it constantly feels cold even though the thermometer doesn't say so but it's quite a damp house, maybe that's why it always feels so cold! I'm concerned that it would take a lot of money to use.

Is it possible to try hiring a humidifier for two or three weeks from a hire shop to see whether it makes any difference now winter seems to have set in? At least if it works you know it's worth perhaps making the expenditure and if there's little difference you've saved yourselves an unnecessary expense.

pattypan4

I wouldn`t hire a dehumidifier. It draws in air and extracts moisture. Lots of air and it would quite probably have been used in very dank and mouldy premises and would likely be full of spores waiting to pounce

poppellerant

I've had my heating on much higher than normal, thanks to the few weeks of flu that I've had. But the weather seems a little milder now, therefore I am making up for it by not having any heating on - mostly because I don't feel cold, so don't need it on!

I pity anybody who gets the flu that is going around right now. The cold shivers and sweating in bed at night for about a week was far worse than I normally get it.

Suffolk_lass

We have not used our central heating at all yet this autumn/winter. I do have a four-oven range that is on all the time and leaving doors open just removes the need for other heating except in the bathroom where we have a small oil-filled electric radiator, and the same under my desk in the study (to stop my fingers going dead when at the PC). A few logs burned in the sitting room and all has been well so far. Our oil syndicate is looking to order again but we are hoping not to need any as only using it for hot water.

avoidtheupsidedownbottles

ON
That's the trouble with prolonged warm spells -- they raise your expectations

cornishchick

avoidtheupsidedownbottles said:

ON
That's the trouble with prolonged warm spells -- they raise your expectations

I just had to check the temp in my house, I felt so cold. it was a barmy 19 c lol so its definitely just in my head. 

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Not had my GCH on since end of April or really early May, can't remember exactly but it's definitely been off a month now. Hoping it doesn't go on again until at least mid September. My last gas bill was over £200 for the quarter!