Room Dehumidifiers

[Jon Page]

Dehumidifiers generate heat, so the room would become warm. An air
conditioner preforms the same function without adding heat to the room
and the water is left to drip outside.
Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 08:27 PM 8/17/97 -0700, you wrote:
>I just mentioned to a customer, with measured RH of 72%, that a room
>dehumidifier might be a useful alternative to Dampp Chasers for her two
>grands, 7' and 9'. Since I'm mostly ignorant of dehumidifiers as well as
>current Dampp Chaser systems, I said that I'd put the question to the
>list.
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>My concerns: although it would be easy to bring home a dehumidifier,
>plug it in, no technician required, there would be a certain amount of
>noise and a tray would have to be emptied(?); DC systems would be more
>expensive, full system would require water tank to be filled (maybe get
>both, empty dehumidifier tray into DC humidifier tank?).
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>Thomas A. Cole RPT
>Santa Cruz, CA
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