Humidifiers and Dehumidifiers - High Efficiency DeHumidifier?

High Efficiency DeHumidifier? Is there such an animal?
I did some calculations on the portable dehumidifier in my basement and it’s costing me an “arm and a leg” to operate. If it runs continuously (and some months it does) it consumes about 13 kwh in a 24 hour period…..carrying that out to a full month and applying the kwh/rate from my electric bill, it’s costing me about $38 a month. (((OUCH)))

I need to get the operating cost down! I was thinking about putting it on a timer and running it 1-hr-on/1-hr-off. That would cut the cost in half but would it still control the humidity enough?

Anyway, back to my original question; does anybody know if they make a high-efficiency dehumidifier?
Thanks,
Phil

Yes, some newer model are E-star rated.. But, I am not sure how much you will save???

Is your basement pretty open to upstairs where humidity can make it down?

You have windows open in the basement?

I did some calculations on the portable dehumidifier in my basement and it’s costing me an “arm and a leg” to operate. If it runs continuously (and some months it does) it consumes about 13 kwh in a 24 hour period…..carrying that out to a full month and applying the kwh/rate from my electric bill, it’s costing me about $38 a month. (((OUCH)))



I take it you have it running continuously? Is the unit sized properly for your space?

I have a 70-pint energy-star rated unit I bought last year for my basement. It has controls where I set the humidity range I want and it cycles on and off accordingly. I've yet to calculate what my unit is costing me, though I plan to this year when I get it running again. If I had to guess on any given day last summer, it ran for a total of about 8 hours.

If your duct work for the furnace and AC is down there in the basement why dont you let tha AC do its work down there also?

ED ;)