Aloha, I don't know of an accessible, reliable instrument for measuring humidity, but I have to wonder about the dehumidifiers that you have been buying. I have two of them and the first one was purchased 12 years ago. The second one was recently retired and replaced, but it was 21 years old. They are both Whirlpool brand. We don't have a lot of choices of brands here, but these units have a knob that you just set for the dryness you require and they turn on and off as needed. My units instructions recommend that the unit sit on the floor because moist air is heavy and so the unit works more efficiently on the floor. It's also important that there be at least 18 inches of space around the unit. Hope this helps. At 09:03 AM 6/23/2008, you wrote:
>We have an unfinished basement with a concrete floor and rock walls. >There's a drain in the middle of the floor, which is about five >inches higher along the walls than at the drain. We've owned the >house since the Fall of 2004, and I'm on my third dehumidifier. The >first one was subject to a product recall, the second never worked >right and I trashed it rather than trying to get it fixed. The one I >have now is simple (at least I thought it was simple), it just has a >knob to adjust for at what humidity level you want the thing to shut >down at rather than the pannel that drove me crazy on the second unit. > >Anyway, to make a sad story short, a couple weeks back, the unit >walked itself off the table on which it was set. It did not survive >the fall. I have a friend who does all kinds of work on heating and >air conditioning equipment, and he was kind enough to take a look at >it. It turns out there actually is a sort of mother board in the >thing that operates at twelve volts. He He has not been able to get >a quote on a replacement board, and he has been able to run the >thing just fine by bypassing the board altogether. If he doesn't get >the board, I'm going to put it on a time switch and use it that way. > >So, my question: are there accessibal, as in audible, instruments >out there for measuring humidity? Would that be a hygrometer? And >where can I get one? >Thanks, and if somebody has other suggestions, they would be appreciated. > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
