Humidity in the House....Talk to me!

danlightbulb said:
What do people make of this:

Downstairs in my house. There is a front living room, a back dining room (not connected, separated by hallway), and a narrow long kitchen also at the rear.

Temperature is 18 degrees in my house today, heating set to this and it's not that cold outside so no real chills to deal with. It's been a stable 18 inside all day, so plenty of time for house to stabilise.

There's no washing drying in my house today, only me and dog here and I'm not doing anything particularly demanding.

Humidity sensor in both living room and dining room. Living room 18 degrees, 75% humidity. Dining room 18 degrees 60% humidity.

That's a 15% difference between two rooms getting identical use at the same temperature, separated only by a corridor and about 3m in distance.
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Swap the sensors around and see what they report after an hour or so.... If they still report the same difference, at least you know the sensors arent just playing up
 
Finally bit the bullet and purchased the Meaco Aerte Two (10L) dehumidifier. It is in the shed and doing a good job. It isn't running overnight as the temperature drops too low and the instructions say it can't work correctly below 5ºC (won't be able to pull any moisture). Instead I've been running it from about midday until 6PM-ish on laundry mode (higher fan rpm). It doesn't fill the 2.5l drum, but I am getting a fair amount of water out in that 6 hour window, each time. The Meaco thinks the shed is "wet" and the display reports RH% being around 70-80ish %. It is amazing when you empty it to be able to visualise the volume of water.
 
Firegod said:
Finally bit the bullet and purchased the Meaco Aerte Two (10L) dehumidifier. It is in the shed and doing a good job. It isn't running overnight as the temperature drops too low and the instructions say it can't work correctly below 5ºC (won't be able to pull any moisture). Instead I've been running it from about midday until 6PM-ish on laundry mode (higher fan rpm). It doesn't fill the 2.5l drum, but I am getting a fair amount of water out in that 6 hour window, each time. The Meaco thinks the shed is "wet" and the display reports RH% being around 70-80ish %. It is amazing when you empty it to be able to visualise the volume of water.
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Is it sealed enough?

I'm thinking my workshop has too many holes to effectively dehumidify. I was in there earlier and water was condensing on the tiled floor.

Considering two or three giant fans on the roof to get the air moving instead.
 
dlockers said:
Is it sealed enough?

I'm thinking my workshop has too many holes to effectively dehumidify. I was in there earlier and water was condensing on the tiled floor.

Considering two or three giant fans on the roof to get the air moving instead.
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Works in my gazebo gym that has a few air gaps. Not many mind, but they don’t seem to affect it much.
 
dlockers said:
Is it sealed enough?

I'm thinking my workshop has too many holes to effectively dehumidify. I was in there earlier and water was condensing on the tiled floor.

Considering two or three giant fans on the roof to get the air moving instead.
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Yeah it is a pretty well built shed but starting to show its age.
 
Some more smart plugs came today and thankfully with the Meaco dehumidifier if you set it away running, and knock the power off/on at the wall, it will just resume. So I've set it to run for 6 hours a day via the plug and it'll obviously only stop when it gets full or the schedule ends. Apart from that, no need to visit it. Going to see if I can mount it somewhere decent and have it drain outside at some point.

Also bought this cheap little Daewoo ceramic heater. It's brilliant and probably too good for a man shed, but even on low, it blasts out a nice amount of heat. Unfortunately, this can't be controlled via a plug. It needs to cool down the ceramic plate before it turns off, and if the power is turned off manually, it will not resume. I am simply using the plug to monitor energy usage and also to confirm it is switched off (haven't left it running by accident).

One potential plan with the little heater though is that it can be set to a temperature and it will monitor this, and turn itself on/off to maintain that value. I therefore might monitor the temps in the shed and try to get an average (nothing too ridiculously high) and then set the heater (for example 5ºC and it'll try and maintain that for me). Just an idea at this stage.

A bit of warmth in the shed, air moving, and a dehumidifier running periodically should do very nicely. :)

PS. I know people might think overkill for a shed but it is more like a posh shed / man cave / workshop.
 
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