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Got one for myself last month and it's been a pretty good unit. No complaints so far.
I put together a 3/8" barb to 3/4" FHT adapter, 3/8" inner diameter braided tubing (doesn't have to be braided) and a tube clamp so I wouldn't need to screw a 3/4" garden hose directly to the drain connector on the back of the dehumidifier. See attached pic.
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Is the Danby one using a pump that can go against gravity or is it just like a regular drain
All dehumidifiers with pumps will also have a gravity feed option. The Danby from Costco has a pump but I don't use it. The pump is most likely to fail first.
If you run it nonstop, it will cost way more than $10 / month in electricity in most areas. My Danby 50 Pint manual states 582 watts but it actually draws 600 to 630 watts at full power without the pump on. I would expect a minimum of a $10 increase per month. That's why it's more important to buy the highest capacity dehumidifier you can afford. The lower ones draws just a little less power and will need to run longer. Small dehumidifiers cost more to run.
At my previous house, I had the dehumidifier in the basement (man cave TV room) and the hose went to a drain hole in the far corner.
At my current house, there is not basement because it's a single story 3-bedroom house. There are no drain holes on the floor. I've been trying to come up with a solution for that, instead of emptying the humidifier water bottle manually...
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I have my dehumidifier draining water into a condensate pump that I got for $40. The advantage of doing it this way is that the pump is much stronger and more reliable than any dehumidifier with a built in pump and if it ever goes bad, you just have to replace that instead of replacing an entire dehumidifier.
I pay roughly $.17/kwh so then for one hour of using .582 kw, I'd pay about $.0989 or just under a dime per hour.
So for every 24 hours, it'd be around $2.40... times 30 days in a month and your looking at $72/mo in increased electric cost.
But that's only if it is rated correctly and runs full blast 24/7... Chances are that real world usage would be significantly less, but will obviously depend on weather, humidity, electric rates, run time per day, etc.
Got one for myself last month and it's been a pretty good unit. No complaints so far.
I put together a 3/8" barb to 3/4" FHT adapter, 3/8" inner diameter braided tubing (doesn't have to be braided) and a tube clamp so I wouldn't need to screw a 3/4" garden hose directly to the drain connector on the back of the dehumidifier. See attached pic.
Just curious, but why not just screw a standard garden hose directly onto the threaded drain nozzle?
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I just don't see a point in using these in hot humid summer. Better off turning on the AC. The problem with this(someone please tell me I am doing it wrong) is that it blows hot air right back into the space. It reduces humidity but makes the space hot. There's no way to redirect the hot air outside...
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I put together a 3/8" barb to 3/4" FHT adapter, 3/8" inner diameter braided tubing (doesn't have to be braided) and a tube clamp so I wouldn't need to screw a 3/4" garden hose directly to the drain connector on the back of the dehumidifier. See attached pic.
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it has a 2 year warranty &
has a built-in pump, rather than gravity so you can pump (up as well) upto 45 ft.
https://www.dehumidifie
At my previous house, I had the dehumidifier in the basement (man cave TV room) and the hose went to a drain hole in the far corner.
At my current house, there is not basement because it's a single story 3-bedroom house. There are no drain holes on the floor. I've been trying to come up with a solution for that, instead of emptying the humidifier water bottle manually...
Thanks!
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I pay roughly $.17/kwh so then for one hour of using .582 kw, I'd pay about $.0989 or just under a dime per hour.
So for every 24 hours, it'd be around $2.40... times 30 days in a month and your looking at $72/mo in increased electric cost.
But that's only if it is rated correctly and runs full blast 24/7... Chances are that real world usage would be significantly less, but will obviously depend on weather, humidity, electric rates, run time per day, etc.
I put together a 3/8" barb to 3/4" FHT adapter, 3/8" inner diameter braided tubing (doesn't have to be braided) and a tube clamp so I wouldn't need to screw a 3/4" garden hose directly to the drain connector on the back of the dehumidifier. See attached pic.
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