Aloha Scott, Mine has a fan but I don't do anything to control it. Yes, I guess you could say it is older, about 7 years old. I replaced my last one with this one because this is more energy efficient. As for the noise, I'm glad mine is in a room that I can close off. At 01:18 PM 5/10/2009, you wrote: >Is that an older unit? Seems they all now have fan speeds and the >like, but they sure as hell aren't quiet. I do want to submit one >additional thought and that is that I noticed with having the door >open to the outside, the humidity was very low and what was >interesting is as the wind blew into the room, the unit was running >less. Of course this wind was moving air over the sensor so it >obviously believe it to be dryer in the room than if the door was >closed and the air was not moving. Of course this is obvious, but just >interesting to see how sensitive the sensor really is. Hey all I can >say is this is as dry as I believe this basement has been since I >lived here. It's down to 42% thanks to the dehumidifier and an open >door. I think without the dehumidifier with the door open, it might >have dropped into the lower 60s or upper 50s, which is still good. NOt >enough humidity is unhealthy for instruments and so forth. > >
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