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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I didn't think it was necessary here in dry Colorado, but this has been a crazy humid summer. Humidity in the bandroom is now hovering around 66% and I can't keep it under control. It is becoming noticeable in several necks. I'm looking at portable dehumidifiers in the 30 to 50 pint range. There are a bunch on the bay for less than a hundred. Any recommendations? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Shesh.......wish I had that problem. Even with all the rain the humidity sits at around 30% in my upstairs studio, so I routinely go through 2-3 gallons of water a day (to keep it around 45%).
Plus no matter how hard I try, that room is about 10-15 degrees hotter (around 77-83) than the rest of the house..even with the equipment off!
Brad, check out the local Sears. They have lots of good stuff reasonably priced and don't hassle you with warranty issues. |
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Location: NJ | i went to lowes and bought the biggest one they had it was around 200 bucks works great
these units don't travel well so I would not recoomend getting one on e bay |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | I would also recommend a larger unit. They are not that expensive, and they don't have to be emptied as often. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Just don't make the place too dry either. I think consistency is more, or at least as important as actual temperature and humidity as long as you aren't talking extremes. It hangs around 59% humidity here where I live and roughly 70 degrees year round. The guitars seem to love it. No A/C and no dehumidifiers. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Surely a bucket of water placed in the room would work,cheap and effective...change water once a day to avoid bacteria..avoid draft and horizontal ventilators..
Vic
..when too humid ,place a horizontal ventilator in the room,do Not place instruments in it`s air-stream.. |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by Enfant Terrible aka V-Elite:
Surely a bucket of water placed in the room would work,cheap and effective...change water once a day to avoid bacteria..avoid draft and horizontal ventilators..
Vic
..when too humid ,place a horizontal ventilator in the room,do Not place instruments in it`s air-stream.. that work work to humidify not dehumidify |
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Location: Keller, TX | Just turn the AC colder. It is a de-humidifier. Runs cheaper than the stand-alone units. Plus the house is cooler too. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Hang on a bit..water vaporizes causing air to be moist ( humid )
Vertical ventilator blows humidity away,causing dryness...rather effectively,therefore do Not place wooden instruments in it`s airstream ( too long )or nasty things might happen to it...
..turning the A/C up/down will also cause dryness..do they say dehydration..?
To Clarify :
...to make Humid : place water in room ..
To Dehumidifie : switch on vertical ventilator or switch on aircondition ,unless aircondition is supplied wih water,in wich case it works as a Humidifier..
..That was in my best Hong-Kong English..fortune-cookie says: You will meet beautyful woman,be patient and play guitar..
Your friendly neighborhood spiderman :) |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | I wish there can be a machine that can do both -- give humidity or take away humidity as necessary -- perhaps, I'm just dreaming? |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by ignimbyte:
I wish there can be a machine that can do both -- give humidity or take away humidity as necessary -- perhaps, I'm just dreaming? move to Florida and run the AC. It stays between 42 and 50% in my house year round. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I have no air conditioning. For a 100 year old house with triple brick walls, there has never been a need. Thanks for the advice, Al. I dropped my bidding on the Bay and bought a Frigidaire 50 pint model last evening from Best Buy. $179 and change. Sears offers a similar model for the same price, but only through the catalog. I don't have the patience to wait two weeks. The unit lowered the humidity to 50% within about two hours. During the winter, I'll switch out the dehumidifier for the humidifier. Odd, but for 20 years I had only my 1651 Legend Ltd and never thought two seconds about humidity, nor did it matter. Build a bandroom and fill it with gear, then humidity becomes an issue. Go figure. |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
move to Florida and run the AC. It stays between 42 and 50% in my house year round. Tempting, but no thanks. :)
I like my four seasons, and I tend to prefer cooler temperatures, such as fall and spring [perfect]; and winter [tolerable to a certain degree]. Summers are a PITA for me. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Our humidity has been high in the basement this summer. 60% and up. The air outside has been 100 degrees and under 20% most of the summer. We've been running the air and letting the fan go most of July. I probably have some leaky pipe that's about ready to flood the basement. |
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Dehumidifier recommendations?