Unemployedshooter
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+1 for the Goldenrods. Have two in my long gun locker. Had no issues and I live a half mile from the ocean.
Do you have fan forced ventilation or is the only air exchange infiltration around the door and/or passive vents?
I confirmed with the manager that if the dehumidifiers stop working after 90 days and I have a receipt they will give me store credit. I even asked if there was a time limit: if it breaks after ten years (longer then 90 days) and I have the receipt can I take them back? He said yes.
Flechette wrote:
Passive vents. A dehumidifier works well as long as it works. It seems that the ones I buy run out of refrigerant after a few months as everything else works fine; fan blows air, electronics control fan speed and display looks fine...it just no longer fills the bucket with water.
I am willing to spend twice as much on one that will last. Every dehumidifier I looked into had parts made in China (some "assembled" in the USA). The only USA made dehumidifiers I could find on-line were huge units for office buildings.Like so many other replies, I wonder where and what the OP is buying.
I have a house in the mountains that is/was constantly humid. 20+ years ago I installed a Frigidare dehumidifier- worked well for 19 years and just replaced it with a similar model. I suspect I will get a similarly long life from it, too.
The unit runs 12 months a year and keeps the levels at 45 %
Either he is buying el cheapo Chinese junk or used-either way, spend a few bucks more and get one that will give you long life.
I am willing to spend twice as much on one that will last. Every dehumidifier I looked into had parts made in China (some "assembled" in the USA). The only USA made dehumidifiers I could find on-line were huge units for office buildings.
Check out these: http://www.allergybuyersclub.com/dehumidifiers.html
They have some crawlspace units that might do the job.
Thanks!
I must note that the "commercial" units cost thousands of dollars. I wonder why?
gary0529 wrote:
Either he is buying el cheapo Chinese junk or used-either way, spend a few bucks more and get one that will give you long life.
1MoreFord wrote:
I live in Arkansas and between AC in the humid summers and central heat in the winters...
Mostly they only had one or two guns and they carried/handled them every day... NOT stored them in a "box" for weeks or even months at a time.Wonder what the pioneers/frontiersmen did ?