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Anyone got a RubyDry dehumidifier?

13 posts & 7 voices | Started 6 months ago by mastiles_fanylion | Latest reply from mastiles_fanylion

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mastiles_fanylion - Member

I have one and I am not convinced it is working properly - it has just come out after spending the summer in storage and it doesn't appear to be extracting as much moisture as I thought it would.

I totally understand the extraction is dependant on the house/conditions it is in, but as a rule of thumb, how much water should it extract (in terms of how full does the collection bucket get)? Ours only seems to fill about 1/3 a bucket a day even though it is on full power. I am sure it extracted more than that last year.

Ta.

Posted 6 months ago #
joao3v16 - Member

How much it 'should' extract is not really relevant - as you mentioned, it all depends on conditions.

Either it's not working properly, or the air it's processing is less humid than last year.

Not sure how you work out whether it's functioning properly though.

May be worth getting a humidity meter - at least you'll then know how damp the air actually is.

Posted 6 months ago #
BenjiM - Member

Try cleaning any filters. It could make a surprising difference.

Posted 6 months ago #
aP - Member

Dehumidifier?
What on earth for? Do you not have windows?

Posted 6 months ago #
joao3v16 - Member

Do you not have windows?

Probably. But not a bottomless pot of money to then heat all the cold air coming into the house

My house suffers from very bad condensation. Tried leaving the windowns cracked all day/night but makes little difference at this time of year. The double glazing in my house must be fairly old as there are no trickle vents.

Bought a De'longhi DEM10 dehumidifier - used it for the first time yesterday evening in our boys' bedroom: extracted over half a litre of water in just 4 hours, and another litre overnight.

Zero condensation on the windows this morning, for the first time ever at this time of year, so it's doing a good job. Room feels warmer too.

Actually the whole house feels different (it's only a 2 bed terrace). There was almost no condensation on the living room window either, which is also a first for this time of year.

Certainly worth the £90 for the winter months.

Posted 6 months ago #
radtothepowerofsik - Member

Ours can take out a couple of buckets a day. Provided someone empties it at least once!

Posted 6 months ago #
glenh - Member

Dehumidifier?
What on earth for? Do you not have windows?

Windows work really well when it's 100% humidity outside of course.

If I lived in a modern house then I wouldn't feel the need for one, but if like me your house has 2ft thick solid stone walls that absorb moisture, they are are good idea.

Back to the original point of the thread, yes I have a RubyDry, and it's just stopped working
The 'check' light keeps coming on after about 2 mins.

Posted 6 months ago #
Cougar - Member

Have you checked it? (-:

I really must get a humidifier, I live in a soggy stone terrace. They all seem stupidly expensive though.

Posted 6 months ago #
joao3v16 - Member

They all seem stupidly expensive though.

The De'longhi DEM10 is available on Amazon for £110 I think.

This model's also been selling on eBay for around £80-£90 (used or cosmetically damaged).

Only useful for one room though I guess.

Or, you could consider PIV ventilation - not cheap either (I was quoted £500) but (apparently) will affect the whole house, not just one room like a dehumidifier.

Posted 6 months ago #
Cougar - Member

The De'longhi DEM10 is available on Amazon for £110 I think.

I guess what I really mean is, they all seem really expensive for something decent that's going to cope with a whole house.

Or, you could consider PIV ventilation

I had to google that, and it set off my snake-oil alarm. Is it good, then?

Posted 6 months ago #
joao3v16 - Member

Or, you could consider PIV ventilation

I had to google that, and it set off my snake-oil alarm. Is it good, then?

No idea.

I was recommended it by a Damp Proofing expert who I had asked to check out the reason for the damp in my house. He concluded it was just 'living conditions' and nothing serious like wet walls, leaks etc.

The guy said he installs quite a lot of the units in older properties that suffer from bad condensation/damp.

I don't have £500 to spend, so plumped for the dehumidifier.

I also wasn't keen on blowing air from the loft (very cold) into the house - figured it would wreak havoc with heating bills over the winter, and I only have a condensation problem in the autumn/winter so it would be a waste of time for 8 months of the year.

Also, the PIV units are supposed to work by slightly pressurising the air in the house, thereby forcing the damp air out through vents and what not (and generally creating circulation).
My double glazing does not have trickle vents, and there is no venting in the house other than opening windows (which we don't much in winter due to the cold), therefore I figured the 'venting' theory may not work optimally.

So, no comments from experience, just my thought process. I might go back to the guy at sometime to discuss in more detail.

Posted 6 months ago #
Cougar - Member

Sounds like we're in much the same boat.

Windows at the back aren't vented. The front is ancient single-glazing that's literally older than I am. There's what looks like it might've been a vent brick once at the front, it's since long been filled in though. The back has a "vent brick" courtesy of a gas fire engineer ("elf an safety regs, mate") which consists of a bloody great hole where he took a stone out. Sick of the force nine gale around my ankles, I covered it with grille you can slide to open / close and left it closed.

Consequently, I have a pretty serious damp issue, though oddly it's at the front of the house.

Posted 6 months ago #
mastiles_fanylion - Member

Dehumidifier?
What on earth for? Do you not have windows?

Yes. And they aren't open that much in winter when it is cold and I live in a 110 year old house and it is in an exposed location and it has a gable end that is exposed to the wind and rain and it means the interior walls get cold and there is furniture against some of those walls and we get mould developing behind them and I don't care anymore...

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