Owning your own home

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aggi in reply to @BrickMan

From the blog:

Both compressor dehumidifiers extract more water at 15°C than a desiccant dehumidifiers and using around a third of the energy.

So I guess that's whether you want that wasted energy as heat. Personally I either have the dehumidifier in a hallway so the heat is pretty ineffectual or in a spare room with the door shut (often overnight) with laundry so I don't care about the temperature in there.

If you're dehumidifying the room that you are in then I guess it may make sense but is that common?

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useless in reply to @aggi

Warmer air should also get the moisture out of those drying clothes faster, right?

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aggi in reply to @useless

Maybe, but 3 times faster? Particularly given that there is a dehumidifier in there so the extra moisture warm air can absorb probably isn't as important as it is constantly recycled.

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