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esthergater (63.187.241.186)
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Do any of you have any experience with a small electric dehumidifier in your bus? We go to a lot of places, winter and summer that has high humidity, and in the winter we don't want to put our air conditioner on to draw the moisture out. Especially on the Oregon Coast. Those little plastic pots that you put crystals in are not convient to use, and they don't work that well for us. The fabric bags of the crystal stuff don't work at all. We have real health problems with high humidity.
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FAST FRED (63.234.21.106)
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Consumer reports has done loads of testing on these , and some small ones will empty into the sink , not draw much juice and run relativly quietly.
Library near?
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Craig S (65.202.123.254)
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Hi,
Here's a note I posted on one of the other boards on 11/05 ....
"Hi All,
We live in south FL so we have a humidity problem for many months of the year. This spring we put up a 30x64 metal building to keep the bus in. The last step of the bulding is to grout all the way around inside and out to lock the steel to the footer. Without this grout, the rain runs down the bulding and into the trough around the bottom and, in heavy rain, it overflows into the inside. The floor is gravel(shell rock) and needless to say, it got very humid in there. We noticed some green mold starting to grow on the passenger seat. The wife ran out and bought a dehumidifier. Not knowing what size she needed she bought a big one designed for a house. Well, this device sucks about 3/4 gallon out every day. I have to empty it every other day. This weekend, for something to do, I measured the humidity in the bus at 46%. The outside humidity was 70% and in the house it was 54%. Walking into the bus it seemed much cooler than the outside yet the temperature was the same, 80. The last two years we traveled in late June. It was unbearably hot in the bus the first year and a little better the second due to new white koolseal on the roof and a new larger 15K BTU AC unit up front. Still, it was warm. Both times we just fired up the bus and took off, probably at 70% humidity in the bus. This year I plan to keep the de-humifier running along with the air. I believe this will make us that much cooler. I know that the AC will lower the humidity some itself. But this plan will make sure it's low. What do you think?....."
You asked about a small one. This is one area I would make sure it is large enough to do the job without running all the time. I believe we paid about $180 for this unit and am very pleased with it's performance. We too tried the "damp rid" with no usefull results. The area is just too large. Hope this helps.
Craig S |
David & Lorna Schinske (Davidschinske) (67.29.242.57)
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www.consumerreports.org subscription needed for some online articles (like on the dehumidifiers) $4.95 billed monthly (and can cancel anytime) or $24 annual.
As far as dumping the humidifier, you should be able to connect a small piece of flexible tubing and pipe the drain either outside the bus or into a tank. At least that is what we did with one we used to have (home & piped it out a window).
Lorna |
jim mci-9 (209.240.205.60)
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sears has a small dehumidifier for $35.... good for 110 sq ft... might need 2....but they have a 3yr guarantee.... i got 1 dehumidifier and 1 air filter/ionizer.... both on sale....they seem to help cut down on the mildew.... |
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