Dehumidifier

Eldi_Dos

Emmia said:

Eldi_Dos said:

RedFraggle said:

Another Meaco fan here.
https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/meacodry-abc10lb/meaco-meacodryabc10lb-dehumidifier?utm_source=transactional-emails&utm_medium=email&refsource=email&utm_campaign=335

Dries 2 loads overnight in our large bathroom. Super cheap as we're on E7. 

Advising anyone to use a portable electrical appliance in a bathroom, especially one with loads a wet/ damp laundry is quite simply bad advice.

This is how we use it. 

What's the safety risk versus a kitchen, if the bathroom is otherwise dry and not being used?

Different regulations apply for kitchens and bathrooms.

But the most obvious answer is most bathrooms do not have a electric socket, I know I have never seen one.

Edit; there is nothing to stop you having dehumidifier placed outside bathroom in the hall and leave bathroom door open when drying laundry.

masonic

Swipe said:

Reed_Richards said:

Mary108 said:

MattMattMattUK said:

If I were you I would go with a compressor type, the Meaco ones are great. I have the older version of this one, it draws about 140w in laundry mode which is maximum extraction power.

https://www.meaco.com/products/meacodry-abc-range-12l-dehumidifier?variant=34408024244383

Thanks! Do you find that 12Litres is sufficeint?

The tank capacity you need will depend on how long you want to run it for unattended,  I run mine for 7 hours overnight and 12 litres would not be sufficient.

Wow, a 12L dehumidifier tank filing up overnight? What's the capacity of your tank? 

I'm guessing 12L

What's more surprising is that amount of moisture being pulled out of the air of a house.

At 20C, air saturated with moisture would contain 17 mL water per cubic metre. Pulling it down to 50% RH would condense half of that moisture. Meaning it would be turning over a minimum volume of 1,400 m^3. This would in practice be a smaller volume where there is damp in the fabric of the home. Insensible water loss (breathing and perspiration) could contribute about 800 mL per day per occupant. The rest would come from activities and external sources. It seems quite a lot.

For me, drying a full load of laundry in a small room about half fills my 12L tank (edit: should be 2.6 L, not 12L). For normal usage mine will run for about 48-72 h between empties if holding RH at 50%. But this is for a relatively small home with single occupant.

Swipe

Eldi_Dos said:

Emmia said:

Eldi_Dos said:

RedFraggle said:

Another Meaco fan here.
https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/meacodry-abc10lb/meaco-meacodryabc10lb-dehumidifier?utm_source=transactional-emails&utm_medium=email&refsource=email&utm_campaign=335

Dries 2 loads overnight in our large bathroom. Super cheap as we're on E7. 

Advising anyone to use a portable electrical appliance in a bathroom, especially one with loads a wet/ damp laundry is quite simply bad advice.

This is how we use it. 

What's the safety risk versus a kitchen, if the bathroom is otherwise dry and not being used?

Different regulations apply for kitchens and bathrooms.

But the most obvious answer is most bathrooms do not have a electric socket, I know I have never seen one.

Mine has one right at the back of the airing cupboard from the 1970s 

QrizB

Eldi_Dos said:

Emmia said:

Eldi_Dos said:

RedFraggle said:

Another Meaco fan here.
https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/meacodry-abc10lb/meaco-meacodryabc10lb-dehumidifier?utm_source=transactional-emails&utm_medium=email&refsource=email&utm_campaign=335

Dries 2 loads overnight in our large bathroom. Super cheap as we're on E7. 

Advising anyone to use a portable electrical appliance in a bathroom, especially one with loads a wet/ damp laundry is quite simply bad advice.

This is how we use it. 

What's the safety risk versus a kitchen, if the bathroom is otherwise dry and not being used?

Different regulations apply for kitchens and bathrooms.
But the most obvious answer is most bathrooms do not have a electric socket, I know I have never seen one.

I've sent lots of bathrooms with electrical sockets. But you don't need a socket in the room.

You've not actually answered Emma's question, though.

Emmia asked:

What's the safety risk versus a kitchen, if the bathroom is otherwise dry and not being used?

Can you elaborate on the problem you've spotted, and explain why you believe that:

Advising anyone to use a portable electrical appliance in a bathroom, especially one with loads a wet/ damp laundry is quite simply bad advice.

Emmia

Eldi_Dos said:

Emmia said:

Eldi_Dos said:

RedFraggle said:

Another Meaco fan here.
https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/meacodry-abc10lb/meaco-meacodryabc10lb-dehumidifier?utm_source=transactional-emails&utm_medium=email&refsource=email&utm_campaign=335

Dries 2 loads overnight in our large bathroom. Super cheap as we're on E7. 

Advising anyone to use a portable electrical appliance in a bathroom, especially one with loads a wet/ damp laundry is quite simply bad advice.

This is how we use it. 

What's the safety risk versus a kitchen, if the bathroom is otherwise dry and not being used?

Different regulations apply for kitchens and bathrooms.

But the most obvious answer is most bathrooms do not have a electric socket, I know I have never seen one.

Edit; there is nothing to stop you having dehumidifier placed outside bathroom in the hall and leave bathroom door open when drying laundry.

We use an extension lead plugged in outside the bathroom into the bathroom where the dehumidifier is plugged in. The door is closed. 

When we're using the dehumidifier, the bathroom is dry, and not used for any other purpose than drying laundry.

We tend to use our second bathroom which is mostly used for the loo, rather than bathing/showering. We're sensible about it.

If your concern is the wet/damp laundry+ dehumidifier, that's the same risk in any part of the house.

We don't run it overnight when we're asleep or if we're not at home  -a fire then would be a risk too 

EssexHebridean

Eldi_Dos said:

Emmia said:

Eldi_Dos said:

RedFraggle said:

Another Meaco fan here.
https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/meacodry-abc10lb/meaco-meacodryabc10lb-dehumidifier?utm_source=transactional-emails&utm_medium=email&refsource=email&utm_campaign=335

Dries 2 loads overnight in our large bathroom. Super cheap as we're on E7. 

Advising anyone to use a portable electrical appliance in a bathroom, especially one with loads a wet/ damp laundry is quite simply bad advice.

This is how we use it. 

What's the safety risk versus a kitchen, if the bathroom is otherwise dry and not being used?

Different regulations apply for kitchens and bathrooms.

But the most obvious answer is most bathrooms do not have an electric socket, I know I have never seen one.

Ours has one right outside, so would be an easy run in if we wanted to use the dehumidifier overnight, for example. RedFraggle was clear about the fact that they use the dehumidifier in there overnight, NOT in the daytime when people are using the bathroom. In that setting there is no additional safety risk. 

Ours (from Screwfix some years ago, but offhand I can’t find either make or capacity) has just used 1.46kWh overnight, in a medium sized bedroom drying laundry. 

Eldi_Dos

Swipe said:

Eldi_Dos said:

Emmia said:

Eldi_Dos said:

RedFraggle said:

Another Meaco fan here.
https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/meacodry-abc10lb/meaco-meacodryabc10lb-dehumidifier?utm_source=transactional-emails&utm_medium=email&refsource=email&utm_campaign=335

Dries 2 loads overnight in our large bathroom. Super cheap as we're on E7. 

Advising anyone to use a portable electrical appliance in a bathroom, especially one with loads a wet/ damp laundry is quite simply bad advice.

This is how we use it. 

What's the safety risk versus a kitchen, if the bathroom is otherwise dry and not being used?

Different regulations apply for kitchens and bathrooms.

But the most obvious answer is most bathrooms do not have a electric socket, I know I have never seen one.

Mine has one right at the back of the airing cupboard from the 1970s 

More than three meters from a bath or sink?

With a installation possible more than half a century old might be time to bring up to modern standards.

masonic

Eldi_Dos said:

Swipe said:

Eldi_Dos said:

Emmia said:

Eldi_Dos said:

RedFraggle said:

Another Meaco fan here.
https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/meacodry-abc10lb/meaco-meacodryabc10lb-dehumidifier?utm_source=transactional-emails&utm_medium=email&refsource=email&utm_campaign=335

Dries 2 loads overnight in our large bathroom. Super cheap as we're on E7. 

Advising anyone to use a portable electrical appliance in a bathroom, especially one with loads a wet/ damp laundry is quite simply bad advice.

This is how we use it. 

What's the safety risk versus a kitchen, if the bathroom is otherwise dry and not being used?

Different regulations apply for kitchens and bathrooms.

But the most obvious answer is most bathrooms do not have a electric socket, I know I have never seen one.

Mine has one right at the back of the airing cupboard from the 1970s 

More than three meters from a bath or sink?

With a installation possible more than half a century old might be time to bring up to modern standards.

FWIW I have an electrical socket and water fittings for my washing machine just 25 cm from my kitchen sink - directly underneath it in a small cupboard. Does water have different properties in the kitchen vs the bathroom?

Eldi_Dos

QrizB said:

Eldi_Dos said:

Emmia said:

Eldi_Dos said:

RedFraggle said:

Another Meaco fan here.
https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/meacodry-abc10lb/meaco-meacodryabc10lb-dehumidifier?utm_source=transactional-emails&utm_medium=email&refsource=email&utm_campaign=335

Dries 2 loads overnight in our large bathroom. Super cheap as we're on E7. 

Advising anyone to use a portable electrical appliance in a bathroom, especially one with loads a wet/ damp laundry is quite simply bad advice.

This is how we use it. 

What's the safety risk versus a kitchen, if the bathroom is otherwise dry and not being used?

Different regulations apply for kitchens and bathrooms.
But the most obvious answer is most bathrooms do not have a electric socket, I know I have never seen one.

I've sent lots of bathrooms with electrical sockets. But you don't need a socket in the room.

You've not actually answered Emma's question, though.

Emmia asked:

What's the safety risk versus a kitchen, if the bathroom is otherwise dry and not being used?

Can you elaborate on the problem you've spotted, and explain why you believe that:

Advising anyone to use a portable electrical appliance in a bathroom, especially one with loads a wet/ damp laundry is quite simply bad ad

Quite a common thread on DIY board is about high humidity levels in bathrooms and how to mitigate it.

Most people when they come out the bath or shower are dripping wet, luckily I do not see much of that in our kitchen.

Edit; I presume you mean you have seen lots of bathrooms with sockets, must say its not something I have come across, and I traveled a lot and must have stayed in hundreds of guest houses over the years

masonic

Eldi_Dos said:

QrizB said:

Eldi_Dos said:

Emmia said:

Eldi_Dos said:

RedFraggle said:

Another Meaco fan here.
https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/meacodry-abc10lb/meaco-meacodryabc10lb-dehumidifier?utm_source=transactional-emails&utm_medium=email&refsource=email&utm_campaign=335

Dries 2 loads overnight in our large bathroom. Super cheap as we're on E7. 

Advising anyone to use a portable electrical appliance in a bathroom, especially one with loads a wet/ damp laundry is quite simply bad advice.

This is how we use it. 

What's the safety risk versus a kitchen, if the bathroom is otherwise dry and not being used?

Different regulations apply for kitchens and bathrooms.
But the most obvious answer is most bathrooms do not have a electric socket, I know I have never seen one.

I've sent lots of bathrooms with electrical sockets. But you don't need a socket in the room.

You've not actually answered Emma's question, though.

Emmia asked:

What's the safety risk versus a kitchen, if the bathroom is otherwise dry and not being used?

Can you elaborate on the problem you've spotted, and explain why you believe that:

Advising anyone to use a portable electrical appliance in a bathroom, especially one with loads a wet/ damp laundry is quite simply bad ad

Quite a common thread on DIY board is about high humidity levels in bathrooms and how to mitigate it.

Most people when they come out the bath or shower are dripping wet, luckily I do not see much of that in our kitchen.

I think we can agree it is unwise to be trailing any powered extension leads into the bathroom while bathing.