<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type = content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ccccff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=741662027@theshusters.org = href="mailto:741662027@theshusters.org">Cy Shuster</A> </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><STRONG></STRONG><BR> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>- Room dehumidifiers use a huge amount of = electricity (they're actually air conditioners);</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>About 600 watts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>- They need to be emptied when full of water, = otherwise they shut off;</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Yup. Not that big a deal though - once the room is = dried out, it is common to go for days without needing to empty. Or you can plumb = the unit to a drain.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>- They're noisy (hard for recording or even practice);</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Not if you get a quiet one.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>- They don't hold the RH to +/- 4% like the = Dampp-Chasers do.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Unless, of course, you get one that does. I agree = that most have useless humidistats. I have found the Sears dehumidifier with = electronic humidistat to work very well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Terry = Farrell</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>