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So in a hot country yes extra heat is not what you want, but in the UK you just run them and offset it against your heating.
This is what I thought, but then I wondered if using gas to heat the room + compressor type dehumidifier would be less expensive as gas heating is an order of magnitude cheaper than electric?
FWIW I have two desiccant dehumidifiers and am shitting it on our 'leccy bill.
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They just cost what they consume. Major upside of the desiccant type is they output that heat into the room, super efficient if you do the science on it. So in a hot country yes extra heat is not what you want, but in the UK you just run them and offset it against your heating.
If you fire one in a room with a TRV controlled radiator your costs will be the same during heating season, if not a tad less as you are not heating the moisture suspended in the air.
If its just me in, I'll use a dehumidifier on in one room and close the door, 300w for a small/medium room is enough to keep me from being cold.