On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 10:25:41 -0500, "Benign Vanilla"
wrote:

Our sump pump is in the basement laundry room. There is always just a little
bit of water in it. We also keep a dehumidifier in the basement. It doesn't
get wet down there, but in the summer you can smell the moisture. Right now
the dehumidifier is in the kids playroom, where I have to empty it from time
to time. I was thinking of putting the unit in the laundry room, and just
letting the output run to the sump, which when there is enough water, the
sump will send it out of the house.

My concern is this, if I place the dehumidifier in that room, will it simply
be sucking the moisture from the air due to the sump being there and sit in
a viscious circle, or will it still dehumidify the whole basement?

BV.

FWIW - we did just the same thing for years and years. We sat our
dehumidifier so that the drain hole was positioned over the corner of
the sump and it would simply drip into there. We ran it 24 hrs for
years and it did a respecible job of keeping the basement's air dry.
It did NOT create just a vicious circle as you state.

B