Bill, Does your dehumidifier gather a lot of water? Ours has a 24 pint container to gather the water and then we just dump it. If it gets full, the unit just turns itself off. We generally don't have to empty it more than every ten days, and that's when things are really really wet. This might be an easier solution than redoing the drainage hose system. However, if you don't have a sink in which you could empty the container in your basement, then it would be a problem to carry the container upstairs to empty it. Betsy At 11:27 AM 10/29/2008, you wrote:
>Dale: >When we first moved into the house, we believed >we were going to have some pretty serious >flooding problems in the basement, which is >where the dehumidifier's located. So, I decided >to put the thing on a table, and I tapped into >the drainage hoses for the air conditione >ing system and a humidifier that runs in >conjunction with the furnace. We fixed some of >the problems we thought were going to cause >flooding, so I could probably just set the thing >on concrete, though I'd have to modify the >drainage hoses, which is doable though kind of a >pain. It might be this is ultimately the best >fix, I'll try the thing on the floor and see how much less noisy it is. >Thanks for the thoughts. > >Bill Stephan, >Kansas City MO >Email: <mailto:wstephan%40everestkc.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Phone: (816)803-2469 > >-original message- >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] An Acoustics question >From: Dale Leavens <<mailto:dleavens%40puc.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 10/28/2008 18:45 > >Is there any particular reason why you put the humidifier on a table? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Bill Stephan >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 3:24 PM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] An Acoustics question > >Bob, I hadn't thought about the mess wet tiles >would be. I actually had the thing on a couple >sheets of packing foam and it was still pretty >loud. I hadn't thought of Dale's bungy cord idea >either, but I think the cabinet idea is a dead issue. > >Bill Stephan, >Kansas City MO >Email: <mailto:wstephan%40everestkc.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Phone: (816)803-2469 > >-original message- >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] An Acoustics question >From: Bob Kennedy <<mailto:bobken54%40bellsouth.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 10/28/2008 05:01 > >My first concern with a cabinet for a >dehumidifier is air flow. Setting one inside >anything is going to restrict air flow to the >unit and therefore efficiency. Also the tiles >may collect some of the moisture and come apart. > >The suspension idea sounds like one to consider, >but balance would worry me. The other thing you >can try is putting a rug or thick rubber mat >under the unit on the table it's on already. The >wheels are probably vibrating against the >surface causeing the extra noise. Something to >cushion the wheels will take a lot of the noise >away. Maybe one of those anit fatigue mats everyone is selling now. >----- Original Message ----- >From: William Stephan >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 9:59 PM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] An Acoustics question > >As those of you who have them will doubtless understand, dehumidifiers are >infernally noisy. The table I have mine on is delaminating. I don't know >if it got wet at some point, or if the dehumidifier's just vibrating it to >death. In any case, my next adventure is going to be to build a replacement >table. > >I'm almost done with the shop vac silencing cabinet, and as usual, I bought >too much acoustical tile. So, the plan is to make a table with a floor, >roof, and two sides, and line all four surfaces with acoustical (or is that >just acoustic) tile in the hope it will quiet things down some. > >So, my question: > >If I just have the tile on the floor of this box, the dehumidifier will very >quickly vibrate it's way through it, and the wheels will touch the tabletop. >So, would it be better from an acoustics standpoint to remove the wheels and >have the whole surface of the bottom of the unit setting on the acoustic >tile, or should I put something like a piece of ¼ inch plywood under the >wheels, it would most likely have to be the same size as the tabletop itself >to keep from sinking. > >I know we have some folks who know way more than I about how sound actually >travels, so I'll quit now and hope they give some suggestions/answers. > >Thanks in advance. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
