I am totally agreeing that any unit should set on the floor. and wishing I was in Hawaii for a 22 year vacation.Lee
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:21:10AM -1000, Betsy Whitney wrote: > 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] > -- Political T.V. commercials prove one thing: some candidates can tell all their good points and qualifications in just 30 seconds. Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net
