Industrial Basement Dehumidifier

Essential Functions and Features of the Basement Dehumidifier

Defrost mode - Your basement is colder than any other part of your home. Therefore, the dehumidifier you purchased for the basement needs to be able to operate effectively at cooler temperatures. A feature that facilitates the dehumidifier to operate more efficiently at cooler temperatures is the defrost mode. At temperatures up to 65 °F, the evaporator coil of a compressor-based dehumidifier may begin to frost. Of course, frost accumulation is detrimental to the efficiency of the dehumidifier. Dehumidifiers equipped with defrost will continuously monitor frosting and intermittently shut down the compressor of the dehumidifier as needed. When the compressor of the dehumidifier is turned off, the evaporator coil of the dehumidifier is no longer cooled, which allows the frost to melt.

Operating Temperature Range - If your basement sees extreme temperatures (well above or far below 70°F), you must check the operating temperature range specified by the manufacturer for your dehumidifier. Most dehumidifiers have a manufacturer-specified operating temperature range that can be easily referenced by reading their manual. We also provide this information in most dehumidifier reviews. Please note that some units are smaller than others. If you are looking for a dehumidifier in the basement, you definitely want to find a device that has at least an average (if not above average) operating temperature range.

Drain function - This function and the next function we want to see, the tank size, go hand in hand. The smaller the dehumidifier tank you buy for the basement, the more likely you are to use gravity or pumps to drain. Conversely, the larger the tank of the dehumidifier, the less likely you are to use gravity or pumps to drain. For now, let us focus only on the two types of drainage that your new dehumidifier may have and the proper application and use of each type of drainage. Please note that both types of drainage systems allow you to continuously vent the dehumidifier without monitoring its operation, making this a key feature in the basement dehumidifier. Of course, this assumes that you are draining into the sink or floor drain instead of draining into the bucket (if you are discharging into the bucket, you must monitor the bucket's condensate volume and drain it accordingly, essentially nullifying the benefits of using any type of drain.) ).

Gravity drainage - Almost all dehumidifiers are equipped with this drainage function. Gravity drainage simply connects a hose (usually a conventional garden hose not provided by the manufacturer) to the drain on the back or side of the dehumidifier to drain the collected condensate (moisture removed from the air). gravity. There may be a floor drain in your basement - you can run a standard garden hose from the rear/side of the dehumidifier to the floor drain of the basement for continuous drainage using only gravity.

Some additional considerations regarding this type of drainage - for example, consider the location of the dehumidifier drain. Whether on the side or behind the dehumidifier can affect whether you can run the drain hose - depending on the length of the hose - whether it is up to the drain.

Secondly, please note that because no pump is involved in this type of drainage, the collected condensate must flow primarily downwards because gravity is the only force that propels it forward. This means that the position of the drain must be lower than the position of the drain of the dehumidifier (usually around half the length of the dehumidifier). The floor drain can be good because even if the dehumidifier is on the floor, the drain on the dehumidifier should still be above the floor drain, assuming the floor drain is at ground level. However, please note that with the gravity drain alone, you will not be able to drain the dehumidifier to the sink or any other type of drain above it.

In this type of drainage system, gravity is the only factor driving the condensate, which means you must pay attention to the horizontal distance between the dehumidifier drain and the drain. Operating the drain hose parallel to the ground for too long a distance may prevent proper drainage at extreme lengths.

Pump Drainage - Unlike gravity drainage, pump drain allows you to discharge the dehumidifier (continuously) above or away from it. A dehumidifier located on the ground can be continuously discharged into a sink or floor drain away from it by using this type of drainage (more far than gravity drainage allows).

To use pump drain, you must choose - you can purchase a dehumidifier that has a pump built into the dehumidifier, or for those dehumidifiers that do not have an internal pump, you can purchase a condensate pump and rinse separately. How to set up the pump drain system on the dehumidifier will vary depending on the options you choose. For dehumidifiers with built-in pumps, simply connect the supplied pump drain hose (included with the built-in pump dehumidifier) to the dehumidifier drain dedicated to pump drain (in other words, the drain is not specified for gravity) drain). To start pump drain on most built-in pump dehumidifiers, simply press the Pump button on the dehumidifier control panel.

Pump draining is still possible on dehumidifiers without a built-in pump. All you have to do is buy a condensate pump and rinse it separately. The external condensate pump works in exactly the same way as the internal pump of the built-in pump unit. The hose works exactly the same way as the hose on the built-in pump unit, with some additional benefits (we will discuss later).

Some additional considerations regarding this type of drainage - First, a dehumidifier with a built-in pump will limit the distance the pump can push the condensate to the dehumidifier. This limit is usually further enforced by the length of the attached pump drain hose (included with the dehumidifier at the time of purchase).

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