On Oct 29, 6:07*pm, Lee B wrote:
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).


I drain mine there, works great. Even if the pump should die, the
water will start to flow into the drain tile outlets before it can
ever overflow the pit. Its a better choice than the ejector pump,
which WILL back up into your floor drain should that pump die.