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Recommend me a dehumidifier please
Posted on 9/20/20 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 9/20/20 at 2:35 pm
Looking to get something for my apartment. About 600 or so square feet. I really only need one for a single room that I can move as necessary so no need to get a huge 3000sf unit or something. I live in NOLA so humidity is almost always high. I’d like something to break out on cooler but damp days like today where its only 70 outside but humidity is at like 90% to supplement my central AC. It’s comfortable enough inside my apartment temperature wise with minimal AC right now but the humidity is sky high. If I want the AC to dehumidify i have to make it a lot colder than I’d like. TIA
ETA: I’m looking for help specifically because I don’t accidentally want to underestimate how powerful of a unit I’d need in a super humidity environment like south Louisiana.
ETA: I’m looking for help specifically because I don’t accidentally want to underestimate how powerful of a unit I’d need in a super humidity environment like south Louisiana.
This post was edited on 9/20/20 at 2:38 pm
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Posted on 9/20/20 at 2:52 pm to jlovel7
I don’t have a recommendation on a brand, but be sure you take into consideration the loudnesss of the particular unit you choose. Also be sure you have a circuit that will provide enough amps to run the unit.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 4:52 pm to jlovel7
I’ve got a GE with 70 pint water capacity, it works really well. Bought it at Home Depot. It plugs into an ordinary outlet and hasnt tripped any breakers after months of intermittent use. It’s rated for 1,000 square feet, IIRC, and cost about 300. I bought it to dry out a bathroom that was holding humidity in lower temp months when the AC wasn’t running sufficiently to dry it out. It definitely works, but you do have to manually empty the water reservoir.
I think it is this one: LINK
I think it is this one: LINK
Posted on 9/20/20 at 5:32 pm to hungryone
You won’t need a very big one for that size apartment. As mentioned, noise rating is important, and also water capacity.
One thing to also consider is where it will be positioned. Some have front air discharge, others are rear/upward. Air intake is also important if you’re placing against a wall.
I have a Frigidaire unit and it works pretty well, but it’s also fairly loud. We only really run it at night.
One thing to also consider is where it will be positioned. Some have front air discharge, others are rear/upward. Air intake is also important if you’re placing against a wall.
I have a Frigidaire unit and it works pretty well, but it’s also fairly loud. We only really run it at night.
Posted on 9/21/20 at 10:31 am to LSUtigerME
The Frigidaire 70 pint is junk. You may get 4 years out of them. They will last one year to get through the warranty.
Posted on 9/21/20 at 10:41 am to tigergirl10
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Recommend me a dehumidifier
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Posted on 9/21/20 at 1:17 pm to CAD703X
Remember this. black mold and other nasties thrive in humidity over 60% ya reallyt should buy one big enough to do that for ya in the whole apartment bathrooms get really swampy of not ventilated and are a bad mold area if ya check you may have some starting. humidity below 60 will kill it
Posted on 9/21/20 at 5:43 pm to Captain Ray
Ive had a Fridgidare in the MH for 3 years
Been a bad little dude, capacity is about 1.5 gal.
I empty it nearly every day
Keep in mind ya want a tank big and easy enuf to empty because youre gonna be emptying it every day
Been a bad little dude, capacity is about 1.5 gal.
I empty it nearly every day
Keep in mind ya want a tank big and easy enuf to empty because youre gonna be emptying it every day
Posted on 9/22/20 at 6:28 am to jlovel7
600 square feet get a high CFM bath fan with a humidistat that kicks on when RH hits 50% and call it a day
Posted on 9/22/20 at 11:21 am to ItNeverRains
as stated Fridgidaire are crap. Both mine at my cabin in NC died after a year or so - some sensor issue that is not fixable.
Now have a HiSense and Perfect Aire units...so far both are working well.
Now have a HiSense and Perfect Aire units...so far both are working well.
Posted on 9/22/20 at 2:05 pm to ItNeverRains
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600 square feet get a high CFM bath fan with a humidistat that kicks on when RH hits 50% and call it a day
This just *doesn't* work in the humid coastal south. A bath fan is just exhausting interior air while exterior air filters in from whatever unsealed cracks your space has...and in the swamp where I live, you'd be venting 60-75% humidity and drawing in 95-100% humidity. It would make the problem worse, not better.
Dehumidifiers are awesome in our swampy clime.
Posted on 9/22/20 at 5:57 pm to hungryone
Hungryone, you are correct.
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