yes, it's fine. it is not 'going back into the air' any more than the water
in the sump would be anyway.

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"Lee B" wrote in message
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Yet another dehumidifier question. (For a vacant house, so I need to use a
hose rather than bucket). And yeah, I probably will end up buying the
Sears one if only because it's simpler and I can at least get them to lift
it into my car. Not that I want to waste money, but I don't need it to
last forever... just until I sell the house!

Can I drain the dehumidifier into the sump pump? (OK, I know I *can*, but
is it a good idea?). Someone told me once not to, because the water would
just go back into the air and maintain the humidity. Now I'm wondering how
true that is, since there is one of those cement covers over the hole.
Left to its own devices, the sump pump doesn't empty very often, other
than in storms. The alternatives are running the hose into the shower
stall or trying to hoist the daggone machine up onto the wet bar counter
and run it into the sink... neither of which strike me as very attractive
alternatives for potential buyers to see! (And no, no floor drain - there
is a large pipe that goes into the floor from the washing machine stand
pipe, so I'm assuming that's where a drain used to be).