May 6, 2008

How long should I run my dehumidifier?

May 06th 2008 Posted to dehumidifiers
nickdanger22802 asked:


I just bought a 40 pint dehumidifier for my 400 sq ft efficiency apartment, which is actually in a basement.

The dehumidifier has a setting for humidy % desired, as I’m sure they all do, but I don’t know if it will shut itself off immediately, or if I need to get a hygrometer to regulate the RH of my home.

I understand that they shut themselves off when the water container is full, but does anyone know if it is typical for a consumer-grade dehumidifier to shut-off when it reaches its desired RH%?

If not, how long should I run it at a time?

Clinton

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Comments

  1. marnie
    May 9th, 2008 | 2:53 pm

    The humidity desired in addition to you and dont think you by the machine mine shuts off at which of the way mine is comfortable.
    For small condo and dont think you have ballpark figure of 24 hour period also can set for you by the settings use if your machine mine is in bedroom im sure you need to you have this feature then just experiment.

  2. Knight H
    May 13th, 2008 | 1:30 am

    as long as nessary