202 of 204 humans found the following review helpful. Don’t last, warranty practically useless By Dan Z I purchased mine at the local big-box home betterment store. It is used in my heated basement, which I want extra-dry as my firearms and other sensible items are stored there.
84 of 84 people found the following review helpful. Works like a sponge–but needs a modification for hose drainage By P. Litton This unit sucks water from the air by the gallons. I set it up in my finished basement and right out of the box it worked great. So well, in fact, I necessitated to empty the big capacity tank too often. So I opened up the back hose valve, connected a short garden hose and pointed it to the floor drain. The unit kept filling up the tank and did not drain out the hose . It appears that the hose drain in the back just works on gravity–there’s no pump. So if the floor is not level and/or if the hose is a little narrower than the male connector on the back of the unit (as most are) the water will not drain through the hose the valve. The fault is poor product design. To remedy, I purchased a right-angle PVC adapter, barb adapter and clear tubing (to visually see whether it was working) from Flex PVC.com. Parts: “508-007 FGH by .75 FPT (female NPT) 90degree”, “PPN46 3/4 mpt x 1/2 barb adapter”, and “1/2 x 5/8 Clear Tubing BTF”. The right angle adapter is big and maintains the 3/4″ garden hose opening from end to end. Once accumulated and attached I experimented and found the rectify position for the dehumidifier which is on a somewhat uneven floor. Now the water drains through the hose (which I may watch through the clear hose) and it works as it should. Frigidaire ought to provide this setup to all users that need to use the hose valve in the back until they fix the design issue. I keep the unit running without disturbance and it gives off more heat than I would like, heating up the basement which is normally cool in the summer. But it’s somewhat unavoidable with this engineering science so I will take heat over humidity. I’ve added an effigy of my set up to the product images for visual reference.
105 of 107 humans found the following review helpful. This dehumidifier does the trick By FlyingFish Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1TJ5I5Z8LFCXA I freely confess that this review is inspired as much by the chance to experiment with posting a video as by a desire to provide something useful. Still, you may find a good deal of support here.
Don’t last, warranty practically useless
Works like a sponge–but needs a modification for hose drainage
. It appears that the hose drain in the back just works on gravity–there’s no pump. So if the floor is not level and/or if the hose is a little narrower than the male connector on the back of the unit (as most are) the water will not drain through the hose the valve. The fault is poor product design. To remedy, I purchased a right-angle PVC adapter, barb adapter and clear tubing (to visually see whether it was working) from Flex PVC.com. Parts: “508-007 FGH by .75 FPT (female NPT) 90degree”, “PPN46 3/4 mpt x 1/2 barb adapter”, and “1/2 x 5/8 Clear Tubing BTF”. The right angle adapter is big and maintains the 3/4″ garden hose opening from end to end. Once accumulated and attached I experimented and found the rectify position for the dehumidifier which is on a somewhat uneven floor. Now the water drains through the hose (which I may watch through the clear hose) and it works as it should. Frigidaire ought to provide this setup to all users that need to use the hose valve in the back until they fix the design issue. I keep the unit running without disturbance and it gives off more heat than I would like, heating up the basement which is normally cool in the summer. But it’s somewhat unavoidable with this engineering science so I will take heat over humidity. I’ve added an effigy of my set up to the product images for visual reference.
This dehumidifier does the trick