You there Jethro? Buying a dehumidifier is a regular topic in this
group, and you raised it in 2013 ... reporting back on 9/12/13:

After some research, plumped for the eBac 2650e
http://www.ebacdirect.com/product.php?productid=27

Arrived on Friday. After careful reading of booklet and waiting 2 hours,
plugged it in and set to "Auto/Normal" and put in the front room (where
the cellar cup mushrooms were growing !). After about 8 hours it had
pulled just under 1 litre of water.....
.... [plus more on how things were going so far.]

I just wondered if you had anything to add, now that you're nine months
further on in your ownership.

I am finally about to take the plunge on a dehumidifier, having dillied
and dallied for years[1], and hence raising the topic *yet* again here.

Cheers
John

[1] It's one of those things where you can pay a lot ... and therefore
you're tempted to buy at the cheaper end. (Having read our discussions
from previous years) it looks like £200 is around the mark I ought to
pay though.

On 27/08/2014 22:51, Another John wrote:
You there Jethro? Buying a dehumidifier is a regular topic in this
group, and you raised it in 2013 ... reporting back on 9/12/13:

After some research, plumped for the eBac 2650e
http://www.ebacdirect.com/product.php?productid=27

Arrived on Friday. After careful reading of booklet and waiting 2 hours,
plugged it in and set to "Auto/Normal" and put in the front room (where
the cellar cup mushrooms were growing !). After about 8 hours it had
pulled just under 1 litre of water.....
.... [plus more on how things were going so far.]

I just wondered if you had anything to add, now that you're nine months
further on in your ownership.

I am finally about to take the plunge on a dehumidifier, having dillied
and dallied for years[1], and hence raising the topic *yet* again here.

Cheers
John

[1] It's one of those things where you can pay a lot ... and therefore
you're tempted to buy at the cheaper end. (Having read our discussions
from previous years) it looks like £200 is around the mark I ought to
pay though.

Sounds like the sort of extraction rate my similar model gives. Main
drawback of cheapies is that they are a bit noisy, but not normally
using them in a living room. Being a heat pump, they save you a bit of
money over electric heating in the winter.

In article ,
newshound writes:
On 27/08/2014 22:51, Another John wrote:
You there Jethro? Buying a dehumidifier is a regular topic in this
group, and you raised it in 2013 ... reporting back on 9/12/13:

After some research, plumped for the eBac 2650e
http://www.ebacdirect.com/product.php?productid=27

Arrived on Friday. After careful reading of booklet and waiting 2 hours,
plugged it in and set to "Auto/Normal" and put in the front room (where
the cellar cup mushrooms were growing !). After about 8 hours it had
pulled just under 1 litre of water.....
.... [plus more on how things were going so far.]

I just wondered if you had anything to add, now that you're nine months
further on in your ownership.

I am finally about to take the plunge on a dehumidifier, having dillied
and dallied for years[1], and hence raising the topic *yet* again here.

Cheers
John

[1] It's one of those things where you can pay a lot ... and therefore
you're tempted to buy at the cheaper end. (Having read our discussions
from previous years) it looks like £200 is around the mark I ought to
pay though.

Sounds like the sort of extraction rate my similar model gives. Main
drawback of cheapies is that they are a bit noisy, but not normally
using them in a living room. Being a heat pump, they save you a bit of
money over electric heating in the winter.

They save you approximately the same amount of energy it would have
taken to boil away all the water they collect (they are simply doing
that in reverse and getting the energy back).

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Andrew Gabriel
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/Jethro_uk
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Sorry, only just seen this (been "on holiday" which means SWMBO takes
priority over usenet )

9 months on, and we're still fans. The whole house smells fresher, and
there is a distinct lack of condensation *all* around the house.

Drying washing is a plus too. Put it on boost, close room, come back next
morning to dry washing with no extra condensation.

Can't really comment about running costs, and make sure you clean/change
the filter.

Nice piece of UK designed and made kit, AFAICS/q

Ebac?

Jim K

On 27/08/14 22:51, Another John wrote:
You there Jethro? Buying a dehumidifier is a regular topic in this
group, and you raised it in 2013 ... reporting back on 9/12/13:

After some research, plumped for the eBac 2650e
http://www.ebacdirect.com/product.php?productid=27

Arrived on Friday. After careful reading of booklet and waiting 2 hours,
plugged it in and set to "Auto/Normal" and put in the front room (where
the cellar cup mushrooms were growing !). After about 8 hours it had
pulled just under 1 litre of water.....
.... [plus more on how things were going so far.]

I just wondered if you had anything to add, now that you're nine months
further on in your ownership.

I am finally about to take the plunge on a dehumidifier, having dillied
and dallied for years[1], and hence raising the topic *yet* again here.

My desiccant based EcoAir DD122FW can pull about the same amount.

On 30/08/2014 08:51, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

Sounds like the sort of extraction rate my similar model gives. Main
drawback of cheapies is that they are a bit noisy, but not normally
using them in a living room. Being a heat pump, they save you a bit of
money over electric heating in the winter.

They save you approximately the same amount of energy it would have
taken to boil away all the water they collect (they are simply doing
that in reverse and getting the energy back).

Indeed. The only point I was making is that when I have been using it
following rendering / plastering in an unoccupied house in the winter,
it was often quite noticeable that the room with the dehumidifier was a
bit warmer than the others (and of course that helps to it dry out a bit
quicker).

The coefficient of performance won't be wonderful, but if you are using
it to help dry out a damp house where you have only electric heating you
might get something like 2kWh of heat for 1 kWh of electricity. If you
can put up with the noise.

In article ,
says...
The coefficient of performance won't be wonderful, but if you are using
it to help dry out a damp house where you have only electric heating you

Condenser types are more efficient - at higher temperatures.
Desiccant types are (a bit) less efficient, but still work well at low
temperatures. Since ours is used in the winter, & we don't heat the
house all that much, we bought a desiccant type.

might get something like 2kWh of heat for 1 kWh of electricity. If you
can put up with the noise.

1kW in, 2kW out???



--
Sam

In article ,
Jethro_uk wrote:

Sorry, only just seen this (been "on holiday" which means SWMBO takes
priority over usenet )

9 months on, and we're still fans. The whole house smells fresher, and
there is a distinct lack of condensation *all* around the house.

Drying washing is a plus too. Put it on boost, close room, come back next
morning to dry washing with no extra condensation.

Can't really comment about running costs, and make sure you clean/change
the filter.

Nice piece of UK designed and made kit, AFAICS.

Thanks a lot Jethro!

John

On 31/08/2014 01:30, Sam Plusnet wrote:
In article ,
says...
The coefficient of performance won't be wonderful, but if you are using
it to help dry out a damp house where you have only electric heating you

Condenser types are more efficient - at higher temperatures.
Desiccant types are (a bit) less efficient, but still work well at low
temperatures. Since ours is used in the winter, & we don't heat the
house all that much, we bought a desiccant type.

might get something like 2kWh of heat for 1 kWh of electricity. If you
can put up with the noise.

1kW in, 2kW out???



Yes, why not? That would be a heat pump with a COP of 2. I havn't
actually looked at the numbers but when you condense a litre of water
vapour you liberate the heat which it would take to boil it. ISTR that
ground source heat pumps claim a COP of ~ 3 to 4.

On 30/08/2014 22:22, Tim Watts wrote:
On 27/08/14 22:51, Another John wrote:
You there Jethro? Buying a dehumidifier is a regular topic in this
group, and you raised it in 2013 ... reporting back on 9/12/13:

After some research, plumped for the eBac 2650e
http://www.ebacdirect.com/product.php?productid=27

Arrived on Friday. After careful reading of booklet and waiting 2 hours,
plugged it in and set to "Auto/Normal" and put in the front room (where
the cellar cup mushrooms were growing !). After about 8 hours it had
pulled just under 1 litre of water.....
.... [plus more on how things were going so far.]

I just wondered if you had anything to add, now that you're nine months
further on in your ownership.

I am finally about to take the plunge on a dehumidifier, having dillied
and dallied for years[1], and hence raising the topic *yet* again here.

My desiccant based EcoAir DD122FW can pull about the same amount.


As can the Lidl/Silvercrest 420 I have - at about £100. When Lidl deem
fit to sell it :-)

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Cheers, Rob