I`m sure it`s been discussed before but the boat hasn`t been opened up in a while and with all the dank weather it was getting musty.I brought our basement dehumidifier down to the boat last nite and plugged it in. It read 80% humidity, I went down this a.m, it read 50% had at least 3 quarts of water in it and I couldn`t believe how clean the cabin smelled. I`m thinking about finding a smaller one to permananly mount in the cabinet where the galley TV is (we never watch it) and plumbing a line into the sink drain for the water. Anybody done this type of thing or see any downside to it?
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- Thread starter mx8
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The only downside I could see would be finding a physically smaller unit. If you find one, let us know.
I did the same thing in my home in Jax to cut down on AC use when I was at sea. Ditto my home in Japan. At the time Japanese houses were neither insulated or HVAC'd. The dehumidifier worked great in both.
I did the same thing in my home in Jax to cut down on AC use when I was at sea. Ditto my home in Japan. At the time Japanese houses were neither insulated or HVAC'd. The dehumidifier worked great in both.
They make very small dehumidifiers. I have one that is no taller than 12" on my boat. Bought it a couple of years ago from amazon.com. It seems to do the job, but I should have gone one size larger.
The brand name of mine is Eva-Dry, EVD-1100 Electric Petite Dehumidifier. It takes out approximately 8oz per day. I drilled a hole in the holding tank and let it drain into the sink in my galley.. That way I have no worries about it over flowing. I just leave it running year around.
www dot eva-dry dot com
George
The brand name of mine is Eva-Dry, EVD-1100 Electric Petite Dehumidifier. It takes out approximately 8oz per day. I drilled a hole in the holding tank and let it drain into the sink in my galley.. That way I have no worries about it over flowing. I just leave it running year around.
www dot eva-dry dot com
George
I used to do the this for a boat I kept on a trailer. It worked great. The only issue is that as some have mentioned the dehumidifier will freeze up and stop working once the air temperature gets below about 45 degrees. But relative humidity is typically much lower in colder temperatures. If I was going to do it again I think I would hook the humidifier up to a temperature controlled switch that would turn it off as the air temperature went below 45 degrees.
Mike
Mike