Campbells

Good honest Kiwis do that

Nah

shiftdelete

can't win em all, aye mate

dreamfish

I went and bought one after this thread a few days ago. I have had it running in each room, various times of day cos i was curious to see what we would collect.

The only water we have collected so far is in our bedroom after hubbie had had a shower - I was beginning to wonder if it was working or not.
was amazed to see how much water was collected.

So i look forward to the winter months to see it in action. Window opening isnt a problem here - could that be why I havent seen much in the water tank?. its something i have always done - i love fresh air through the house even on a cold frosty day. just stick a coat on if i'm cold i am already knitting gloves and hats for the kids for when they get up in the mornings.

Campbells

Hope you bought de-humid with decent tank size otherwise you will be emptying them frequently.

The problem with opening the doors for fresh air thing is

When you are running de-humid to dry the internal air and the external air has a very high humidity level, therefore it is not just fresh air you are letting in.

I am no expert in this area but have watched a humidity meter inside our house with interest.

We run LPG heaters in winter as our choice is that or electric and electric tends to dry the air out.

Have experienced the bedroom feeling damp if the de-humid has not been running.

We use our double garage as a study and carpeted the floor. In winter it s just too cold to use. The wind blows through the gaps in the tip-up garage door and of course from there into the house.

We haven’t bought as both my missus and I have chosen to invest in running our own businesses. Not really settled in NZ and not sure at this stage if we will buy and settle.

But as folk have posted on this thread, if we did buy a house here we would certainly get it up to standards, probably British Standards

Maybe this winter I should get my missus to knit us some hats and gloves so we can watch telly with a nice hot soup, Campbells of course

BEVS

This is an old photo now but it was our answer to the chill we felt inside our 2nd rental.

Campbells

Gee, that's some serious knitting

lardyl

lardyl

the place we used to get most was in the hallway with the bedroom doors open on a chilly night when it was too cold to leave the windows open. Then you could fill the tank (a good sized one) in about 8 hours on the medium setting. Clearly the mositure was from all the breathing we were doing.
Not only does this help with the direct effects of damp around the house it also makes the place feel warmer and so reduces the amount of background heating you need to make it liveable for the kids - less chilly are more snug at a lower temperature is good. Although the de-humidifier runs on 300 watts it was good value for us last heating season as it probably saved the same amount of electricity in background heating.
As far as how much moisture you are going to collect - well that's gonna depend on a lot of things not just how "humid" the air is - like airflows, ambient temperature and which setting the appliances is on (I hope you have one with several settings that is a real advantage).
We also used ours for drying the school sweaters overnight in the winter as it seemed to be the only way to get them dry in the house.......

BEVS

It's crochet using a No.7 wire hook.

happynz

Mama always said, 'Kids, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.'

Not many lemons but lots of mould.



Here's to you, Mama.

Campbells

Nerine

Mould? looks like minced paua to me.........

Bo-Jangles

We may have been lead into a false sense of security over the past 4 months; this weather really is not the norm and I'm already dreading the winter drizzle. The summer has been unusually long and glorious with not much rainfall, except in the far north, for several months. Half the country is in drought, so I wouldn't expect any dehumidifier to be collecting very much at present.

Weather in Auckland has been pretty constantly hot and sunny since mid-November, although less sunshine hours than average in February, with only the odd day like today where we haven't seen any sun at all. Most Kiwis I have spoken to have said they can't remember having had a summer this good for many, many years. Some say 30 years, athough I haven't seen anything that backs that up.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/s...ectid=10495711

southerner

He's American - his home has all the mod cons amd he isn't afraid of spending money. But like I said he thinks the simplest solution is the best for humidity. Mind you, on the East Coast of the South Island we have a lot less natural humidity than some parts of the country.

silverbirch

When we owned a caravan a few years ago it was common practice for everyone on the caravan park to wipe over the windows every morning with a bit of washing up liquid on a damp cloth, leave it soapy and it disapears in minutes, no steamed up windows for two or three days after that, so it must help the condesation inside the house.