Name:   Mack - Subject:   Whole House dehumidifiers Date:   11/10/2015 8:24:39 PM

My de-humidifier works pretty well, and I have not had a huge surge in the power bill. We bought this setup after being away from our place, during the Winter, for maybe 6 weeks, heat pump set on "heat" at 55* to keep pipes unfrozen. Walk in and there is mold on the floor, the window blinds, the cabinet faces, etc. etc. etc. Yikes!! Lots and lots of rubber gloves and bleach involved for cleanup.

We bought a unit via Amazon, I believe an Amana??, that is about the size of a space heater. It is equipped with a bypass connection (standard 3/4" hose male end) to route water to the outside. We had our person cut a hole in the floor and connect a drain hose to the AC drain pipe in the crawl space.

Hooked up a timer to the unit to run it for 90 minutes a day, every day. This unit sucks a LOT of moisture out of the house and we do not need to empty a tank. You can watch the AC discharge pipe when this unit is running and see water drizzling out. It works.

Good luck, and I hope you are on a crawl space.