Looking for a recommendation for a quiet portable dehumidified. Had a
Sears unit which was noisy and failed early. Currently have a quieter
Frigidaire unit (30 pints?), but after a few years the compressor quit.
Anyone have first hand experience with anything better?

On 3/7/2010 6:07 PM Pointer spake thus:

Looking for a recommendation for a quiet portable dehumidified. Had a
Sears unit which was noisy and failed early. Currently have a quieter
Frigidaire unit (30 pints?), but after a few years the compressor quit.
Anyone have first hand experience with anything better?

Have no suggestions for which units are better, but having seen one in
operation at a client's house (don't know which one, sorry), I do have
one recommendation: get one that has an automatic shutoff.

I found it incredible that the unit my client has kept on going even
though the tank was not only full, but overflowing.

Seems like all it would take would be a float or some kind of sensor to
avoid this.


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You were wrong, and I'm man enough to admit it.

- a Usenet "apology"

On Mar 7, 8:07*pm, Pointer wrote:
Looking for a recommendation for a quiet portable dehumidified. *Had a
Sears unit which was noisy and failed early. *Currently have a quieter
Frigidaire unit (30 pints?), but after a few years the compressor quit.
* Anyone have first hand experience with anything better?

Years ago I got a sears, the following year annother sears, it broke
right away and the replacement wasnt as good as the previous years
model, bigger and noisier. Last year I got one from HD, it didnt put
out even 50% of the rating so I returned it. It seems with china
making them models are never the same year to year in quality. If I
had to buy one now id be lost, I would get an energy star model from
the place with the best return policy. The only one I like is the
oldest sears I bought. CR rates them for efficency and noise, but
quality seems to be a crapshoot.

Every dehum I've seen has had a float in the back. Perhaps
the person's catch tank in the back wasn't quite installed
right.

My advice would have been to either put the dehum on a
couple boards over the sump pump or laundry sink. Or use the
drain hose option. It's a chore to keep emptying the catch
bin in the back when you can set up a dehum to drain into a
sink or sump pump, and not have to tend it every day.

As to quality brand, I don't have any advice.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message
.com...

Have no suggestions for which units are better, but having
seen one in
operation at a client's house (don't know which one, sorry),
I do have
one recommendation: get one that has an automatic shutoff.

I found it incredible that the unit my client has kept on
going even
though the tank was not only full, but overflowing.

Seems like all it would take would be a float or some kind
of sensor to
avoid this.


--
You were wrong, and I'm man enough to admit it.

- a Usenet "apology"

On Mar 8, 12:12*am, ransley wrote:
On Mar 7, 8:07*pm, Pointer wrote:

Looking for a recommendation for a quiet portable dehumidified. *Had a
Sears unit which was noisy and failed early. *Currently have a quieter
Frigidaire unit (30 pints?), but after a few years the compressor quit.
* Anyone have first hand experience with anything better?

Years ago I got a sears, the following year annother sears, it broke
right away and the replacement wasnt as good as the previous years
model, bigger and noisier. Last year I got one from HD, it didnt put
out even 50% of the rating so I returned it. It seems with china
making them models are never the same year to year in quality. If I
had to buy one now id be lost, I would get an energy star model from
the place with the best return policy. The only one I like is the
oldest sears I bought. CR rates them for efficency and noise, but
quality seems to be a crapshoot.


I had a Sears one that had it's first failure after 4 years. The
blower motor burned out. Found a new one for $35, so figured it was
worth fixing. That got me one more season of use. Now it's totally
unresponsive and it's not a fuse. Most likely it's the main control
board which has power, but isn't doing anything. I was going to do
some simple probing of the board, see if it's anything simple like a
power supply issue, etc. But it's about 95% that it's going in the
scrap heap this time.

Also, at least this Sears unit is made by LG, so I'd stear away from
them for sure.

On Mar 8, 7:07*am, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
Every dehum I've seen has had a float in the back. Perhaps
the person's catch tank in the back wasn't quite installed
right.

My advice would have been to either put the dehum on a
couple boards over the sump pump or laundry sink. Or use the
drain hose option. It's a chore to keep emptying the catch
bin in the back when you can set up a dehum to drain into a
sink or sump pump, and not have to tend it every day.

As to quality brand, I don't have any advice.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
*www.lds.org
.

"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message

.com...

Have no suggestions for which units are better, but having
seen one in
operation at a client's house (don't know which one, sorry),
I do have
one recommendation: get one that has an automatic shutoff.

I found it incredible that the unit my client has kept on
going even
though the tank was not only full, but overflowing.

Seems like all it would take would be a float or some kind
of sensor to
avoid this.

--
You were wrong, and I'm man enough to admit it.

- a Usenet "apology"


I think they're all disposable. It ****es me off to have to buy a
product that I know I will have to replace in 3-5 years but I have not
seen anything on the market that doesn't have lots of bad reviews,
unfortunately. I have a Frigidaire in my house and an LG in my
garage. The Frigidaire is quieter, FWIW. A problem that I have
noticed with the LG is that it is listed to operate down to about 40
degrees F but it will ice up if actually asked to operate in those
temperatures, I have to remember to turn it off when it starts to get
cool.

I use a hose feeding a condensate pump so I don't have to regularly
empty them; where I live the natural outdoor humidity is such that the
A/C alone can't bring the indoor humidity down to a comfortable level,
and they'll fill up in a couple of days if let run into the bucket.

nate

On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 06:37:38 -0800 (PST), N8N wrote:

On Mar 8, 7:07*am, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
Every dehum I've seen has had a float in the back. Perhaps
the person's catch tank in the back wasn't quite installed
right.

My advice would have been to either put the dehum on a
couple boards over the sump pump or laundry sink. Or use the
drain hose option. It's a chore to keep emptying the catch
bin in the back when you can set up a dehum to drain into a
sink or sump pump, and not have to tend it every day.

As to quality brand, I don't have any advice.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
*www.lds.org
.

"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message

.com...

Have no suggestions for which units are better, but having
seen one in
operation at a client's house (don't know which one, sorry),
I do have
one recommendation: get one that has an automatic shutoff.

I found it incredible that the unit my client has kept on
going even
though the tank was not only full, but overflowing.

Seems like all it would take would be a float or some kind
of sensor to
avoid this.

--
You were wrong, and I'm man enough to admit it.

- a Usenet "apology"


I think they're all disposable. It ****es me off to have to buy a
product that I know I will have to replace in 3-5 years but I have not
seen anything on the market that doesn't have lots of bad reviews,
unfortunately. I have a Frigidaire in my house and an LG in my
garage. The Frigidaire is quieter, FWIW. A problem that I have
noticed with the LG is that it is listed to operate down to about 40
degrees F but it will ice up if actually asked to operate in those
temperatures, I have to remember to turn it off when it starts to get
cool.

I've had my "Sears" (I think) for fifteen years. The only thing I had to do
to it was stick a board under the "bucket" so it wouldn't switch off early.
Without the board the bucket will only fill half way.

I use a hose feeding a condensate pump so I don't have to regularly
empty them; where I live the natural outdoor humidity is such that the
A/C alone can't bring the indoor humidity down to a comfortable level,
and they'll fill up in a couple of days if let run into the bucket.

I never found a decent pump so emptied it every day (no drains in the
basement).

It's sad that they are all so poor quality.

You don't have a laundry sink or drain (even a french drain
that runs into the sump pump)? The condensate pump is one
more thing to break.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"N8N" wrote in message
...

I think they're all disposable. It ****es me off to have to
buy a
product that I know I will have to replace in 3-5 years but
I have not
seen anything on the market that doesn't have lots of bad
reviews,
unfortunately. I have a Frigidaire in my house and an LG in
my
garage. The Frigidaire is quieter, FWIW. A problem that I
have
noticed with the LG is that it is listed to operate down to
about 40
degrees F but it will ice up if actually asked to operate in
those
temperatures, I have to remember to turn it off when it
starts to get
cool.

I use a hose feeding a condensate pump so I don't have to
regularly
empty them; where I live the natural outdoor humidity is
such that the
A/C alone can't bring the indoor humidity down to a
comfortable level,
and they'll fill up in a couple of days if let run into the
bucket.

nate

David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 3/7/2010 6:07 PM Pointer spake thus:

Looking for a recommendation for a quiet portable dehumidified. Had a
Sears unit which was noisy and failed early. Currently have a quieter
Frigidaire unit (30 pints?), but after a few years the compressor
quit. Anyone have first hand experience with anything better?

Have no suggestions for which units are better, but having seen one in
operation at a client's house (don't know which one, sorry), I do have
one recommendation: get one that has an automatic shutoff.

I found it incredible that the unit my client has kept on going even
though the tank was not only full, but overflowing.

Seems like all it would take would be a float or some kind of sensor to
avoid this.


All of mine have been auto shut off even though I run a drain line to
the shower.

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?
fuseaction=find_a_product.showProductGroup&pgw_cod e=DE

I used the link above to research dehumidifiers. Look under energy factor
to find the spreadsheet of all units sold in the States. There is a wide
range in efficiency of these things.

Mine is a built-in unit - Santa Fe from Therma sTor - going on 4 years and
still working fine.

Don't have a sump pump, so I have the cond. pump pumping into the
laundry sink. In the garage I actually have not yet set up the pump,
but there is no floor drain. It's been working OK so far, the pump in
the basement has been operating for about a year, don't remember what
brand - Little Giant maybe? There's a Hartell one for the furnace as
well, and that one has been pumping away since before we bought the
house, no probs yet. (knock on wood)

nate

On Mar 9, 7:01*am, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
It's sad that they are all so poor quality.

You don't have a laundry sink or drain (even a french drain
that runs into the sump pump)? The condensate pump is one
more thing to break.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
*www.lds.org
.

"N8N" wrote in message

...

I think they're all disposable. *It ****es me off to have to
buy a
product that I know I will have to replace in 3-5 years but
I have not
seen anything on the market that doesn't have lots of bad
reviews,
unfortunately. *I have a Frigidaire in my house and an LG in
my
garage. *The Frigidaire is quieter, FWIW. *A problem that I
have
noticed with the LG is that it is listed to operate down to
about 40
degrees F but it will ice up if actually asked to operate in
those
temperatures, I have to remember to turn it off when it
starts to get
cool.

I use a hose feeding a condensate pump so I don't have to
regularly
empty them; where I live the natural outdoor humidity is
such that the
A/C alone can't bring the indoor humidity down to a
comfortable level,
and they'll fill up in a couple of days if let run into the
bucket.

nate

On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 07:01:30 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

It's sad that they are all so poor quality.

You don't have a laundry sink or drain (even a french drain
that runs into the sump pump)? The condensate pump is one
more thing to break.

I had no drains of any kind in the basement of my previous house. Didn't need
a sump pump since the floor was at or above street level.