Energy Efficient Dehumidifiers – Ideas for humidity cutting problems without spending a fortune
It seems that almost everyone has a basement moisture problems. Where does all that water come from?
Moisture can enter your home naturally in the air, the weather is hot through doors and windows open, and through air leaks when the heat or AC is on, as poorly sealed windows and doors, cracks in the plaster of the outer wall of the older houses, cracks above roof or attic hatch that lack adequate weatherstripping. Anything that draws air in your home, such as a wood stove, exhaust fan, or a low or mid-efficiency furnace, also retire from the outside air in.
So in a way that can reduce moisture is to restrict the airflow cool, especially during wet weather.
Water can enter through the basement walls from the outside. It is necessary to direct surface water away, seal the outside of the foundation, improving the drainage below the foundation, and may even be necessary to seal the interior of the masonry wall, as well.
The aspects of their daily lives, such as breathing, sweating, showering and cooking, you can create moisture when the house is closed. The inhabitatns daily activities can add up to 20 gallons of water per day to your home.
The rainwater collected in your driveway, or out of a depression eaves ago its way downhill. If the soil is porous around your foundation, or if there is a gap between the sidewalk and the house, water percolating through the soil or the crack until it is the water table or be arrested. Once can not flow down, flow through, which is when it begins to seep through the foundation.
So keep surface water away from the walls of his house. Keep channels eaves and angled properly cleaned and downspouts in working with their output to flee the house. His driveway should slope away from home, or you can run a line of mortar along the gap between entry and the house to keep water that accumulates on the carriageway of work its way down along the foundation.
Gardens, lawns and other surfaces should also take water away from your home, and if you have a sump pump should drain away from the house as well.
Protecting your basement of groundwater is a bit more difficult and can be costly. A basement contractor can dig a trench for the foundation walls from the outside, and apply a sealer on the exterior walls below ground. They must also fill of the trench with gravel and sand to improve drainage, and can put in drainage tile at the bottom to draw groundwater beneath the floor of his basement.
A more affordable option if you have exposed masonry in the basement, is scouring the masonry of a hard surface and particle-free clean minerals and sweat, and the use of a compound parging to add waterproofing on within its walls. This works for minor moisture problems, but will not solve serious moisture problems in the basement.
Any moisture that can prevent the occurrence of inside help reduce moisture problems. You can not stop breathing, but you can cook with lids on, and on the bell when the boiling water, showers can be trimmed or run the bathroom fan in the shower, and take account of the aquaria, decorative fountains, and other possible sources of moisture.
If moisture is a problemIf winter has moisture problems in the winter and your house is newly built and well insulated, it is possible that your home is well sealed. A well sealed home reduces your heating costs, but it is very well sealed moisture accumulates, as was of outgassing from synthetics, wood, carpets and other materials that may harm your health. You might consider buying a heat exchanger instead of a dehumidifier, if this is your problem. Heat exchangers allow air flow inside and outside the home, while keeping the heat in the exhaust air went out.
Before shopping for a dehumidifier to solve moisture problems can not be solved by the above tips, you must understand how humidifiers work, their classifications, ENERGY STAR dehumidifiers how they rank, and how to choose the best model for your situation.
Dehumidifiers remove moisture from the air with a compressor, condenser coils and fan. It works the same way a refrigerator works, except that its cooling power is used to condense water from the air. Dehumidifiers have a humidistat that keeps them until the moisture level reaches a set lower, or until the tank is filled, whichever comes first.
Dehumidifiers are grouped based on the extraction capacity – The amount of moisture removed from the air per day – and the tank capacity – the amount of water they contain. In the U.S., the extraction capacity is classified in liters per day capacity is measured in the room. In many other countries, the extraction capacity is classified in liters per day and water capacity.
Once the tank is full, the dehumidifier will not draw water from the air until the tank empties. If you place your dehumidifier near a drain in the basement floor, you can run a hose from the tank to leak, so you never need to empty the tank. (Most dehumidifiers come with an opening to a garden hose.) If you can not do this in the room where the dehumidifier is making sure to buy a unit with a capacity of appropriate tank.
The power factor of dehumidifiers is the number of gallons or liters of water extracted from the air per kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity used. The higher the power factor value, the more efficient the dehumidifier is. So bigger is better – unlike the efficiency rating for most other types of aircraft.
ENERGY STAR dehumidifiers have energy factors ranging from 3.56 (excellent) to 1.2 (marginally effective) with an average score of 1.62. Only two companies, Therma-Stor Products and Munters Corporation, dehumidifiers with a power factor better than 2.2.
But keep in mind that an ENERGY STAR qualified dehumidifier does not mean that is as efficient as it – only more efficient than others in its class. For example, ENERGY STAR Dehumidifiers can have a power factor of only 1.2, while the best score is 2.02 and the worst for a non-ENERGY STAR dehumidifier is 1.0.
Always buy a dehumidifier that can handle the amount of humidity in your home. You may not require a paint-by-number of days above 25 unless your basement is wet and at least 1,200 square meters, wet and at least 1,500 square feet, and usually damp and moldy (but not wet) with at least 1,800 square meters.
In addition, ENERGY STAR units that can extract more energy from moisture are generally more efficient because of the ability of different thresholds used to rate dehumidifiers. So do not skimp too low and buy one unit of capacity – not to overestimate than underestimate.
If your basement is very cool, buy a dehumidifier, built to operate at lower temperatures. Otherwise, the cold basement will make the accumulation of ice on the coils, which reduces their effectiveness and may cause short-cycle engine. If you notice this short course, turn the dehumidifier until the ice has melted and dropped into the tank. If the behavior persists, you may have to replace the unit with a unit built for cooler temperatures.
Assuming they own or buy a new dehumidifier, you will want to reduce their energy costs with what you own dehumidifier.
If your basement is wet and the dehumidifier in the basement to keep the doors closed as humid air will not crawl on the floor above.
Keep your dehumidifier and fan coils clean and dust free. Some dehumidifiers include an air filter washable you can clean to get rid of dust, if you have one, keep it clean.
If you replace an older dehumidifier with a new, proper size dehumidifier energy efficient, and addressing sources of moisture as best you can, you can reduce electricity use by half or two thirds in before paying for the same level of comfort. But more likely is that some energy use less than a dehumidifier, new and improved, while the humidity control on at its most effective, or will have to use more energy (if you have a dehumidifier), but will be far more comfortable and not spend a fortune into electricity.
With all the news on the impact surface of the indoor humidity and mold and mildew resulting, you will definitely benefit from addressing their problems humidity and the purchase of energy efficient dehumidifier. You can save money and be healthier.
About the Author
Robin Green runs Green-Energy-Efficient-Homes.com, a website that helps people save energy in their homes. Go to this website for help on reducing your energy use on heating, cooling, lighting, and other household activities. For more on solving your humidity problems, see the energy efficient dehumidifiers section on Green Energy Efficient Homes.
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