Having a dehumidifier with a wrong setting can be just as useless as having no dehumidifier. Even before you buy a dehumidifier, it makes sense to educate yourself about relative humidity levels. The most basic idea is to keep indoor relative humidity between 30% and 50%. However, when it comes to basement dehumidifier setting, we’re … Read more
High 60%+ relative humidity can lead to all kinds of problems in any industry. Damp warehouses, offices, server rooms, and basements can cause stock damage in the short run, and integral damage in the long run (mold growth). The most effective to reduce air moisture from large square footage areas are powerful commercial dehumidifiers. Commercial … Read more
Will a dehumidifier cool a room? Dehumidifiers and room cooling is quite a paradox. It has been at a center of urban myths for so long that we really need to clear up if a dehumidifier can cool a room. If you ask an HVAC expert and a homeowner ‘Does a dehumidifier cool a room?’, … Read more
A dehumidifier can literally extract 5+ gallons of water from indoor air for less than $1. As we have established in our post about dehumidifier energy efficiency, dehumidifiers don’t represent a big electricity expenditure. You can run a small 30-pint dehumidifier for 10 hours and spend less than $1 for that. How much does it … Read more
As with every device powered by electricity, it makes sense to look into dehumidifier energy efficiency. When looking at how many watts does a dehumidifier use, you can see that dehumidifiers don’t draw that many amps or watts. For everybody who is worried if dehumidifiers are expensive to run, here’s a quick answer: No. Do … Read more
Correctly sizing a dehumidifier is the first thing you need to do. The capacity of most residential dehumidifiers ranges from 30 pints to 70 pints. Can a dehumidifier be too big? Of course. If you buy one that’s too big or one that’s too small, you will either be left with a high device/electricity cost … Read more
In simplest terms, a dehumidifier is an HVAC device that removes moisture from indoor air. To understand how does a dehumidifier work, however, we have to look into the device itself. In more technical terms, the dehumidifier uses a refrigeration-based and heater-based system to reduce relative air humidity from 50-100% to 30-50%. As you can … Read more
“Over time, high humidity levels can eat through your walls.” A dehumidifier is an HVAC device that is fast becoming one of the most important parts of maintaining a healthy house. People started to realize that mold and mildew growth isn’t only nasty (in addition to allergies and pest problems); it can also threaten the … Read more