Q. Customer purchased a Santa
Fe dehumidifier and wanted a recommendation for
a plumber.
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A. Hi
Peg,
Thank you for your order. You have selected an excellent
dehumidifier. I would recommend you also purchase the
remote dehumidistat.
The reason for this is the room where you have the dehumidifier
will have a lower humidity because the drier air will
be exhausting into the room. Therefore, the unit may
shut off prematurely on you because its built-in humidistat
will signal that it has reached its humidity setting
while the humidity in the other rooms you are ducting
in from will be a higher humidity and you will still
wish for the dehumidifier to remain on.
The remote dehumidistat will register the actual humidity
in the room you are ducting in from so the dehumidifier
will remain on until the humidity in the room reaches
the level you have set it on.
As far as a recommendation for a plumber, it is not
necessary. All that is required is for you to make a
hole in the wall of the room you want to duct the air
in from and you run flex hose (it can be dryer vent
hose plastic or aluminum) into the intake hole on the
dehumidifier. As long as you have any circulation for
the air to circulate back into the room after it comes
out of the dehumidifier you will not have to worry about
the dry air getting back into the room. The reason for
this is that you are over pressurizing the room where
the dehumidifier is so the air will force its way back
into the room where you ducted it from. You need as
little as the threshold underneath a closed door, a
louver door, etc.
However, if it is a concrete wall or a completely sealed
wall you can duct the air from the bottom where the
dried air comes out of back into the room. The dehumidifier
duct kit also comes with an exhaust collar that will
attach to the exhaust grill on the bottom of the unit
where the dried air comes out.
Keep in mind, that the duct kit consists of only the
intake piece that will sit on top of the dehumidifier
with a 6-inch and a 8 inch hole. If you are ducting
from one room you will cap off the 6-inch hole and use
the 8-inch hole. If you are ducting from more than one
room you would use both openings. If you are ducting
in from more than 2 rooms you can buy a Y adapter piece
fitted over the 8-inch opening so you can duct into
the opening from more than one room. The 6-inch opening
should be used for one room. The duct kit also comes
with the exhaust collar to attach to the bottom of the
dehumidifier where the dried air comes out in case you
need to duct the air back into the room.
So, you will need to supply the ducting but as I said
it does not have to be anything real expensive. The
actual installation is easy. It only requires the holes,
the collars around the holes and attaching the ducting
at the two ends. It is not as complicated as you would
think. There is no need for a plumber.
I also wanted to ask you if you planned to have the
water drain out with a gravity hose or if you needed
to pump the water up and out somewhere. If the latter
is the case, you will need to purchase the pump kit.
If you have any questions concerning anything please
feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Dave Barnaby
More information on Santa Fe dehumidifiers at AllergyBuyersClub.com
First Published: mid August 2002
Updated: April 2007
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