dehumidifiers..

[11jot]

has anyone had any experience of these?? ive been looking at one for ages and finally took the plunge after reading some stuff on the internet...

i have a 993 turbo that sits in my garage for the occasional weekend jaunts and the garage always feels damp as all garages do!! they apparently promise to 'take the humidity below 40% which is below the rusting point of metal' and make the air generally better for cars through removing damp...

it appears after using it for a while that it does work, the whole place feels drier and purer and i really wouldnt hesitate to spend a few hundred quid to keep your pride and joy looking good (and whole garage smelling fresher!)..


i actually ordered from these guys www.aircon247.com and they were pretty awesome to deal with, there is a guy called rob who is the dehumidifier guru and should be able to help you..

now i cant wait to get my fresh baby out of the garage and get her sideways

[LuS1fer]

My garage doesn't feel damp but it does have a boiler in there and good ventilation.

I do have a deporschifier though which keeps most German cars away.

Edited by LuS1fer on Thursday 8th July 11:39

[trickywoo]

Two posts in 53 months and that was one of them

[FasterFreddy]

I've had one for about a year now.

I have a couple of humidity meters in the garage but even with the humidifier on full blast for a few hours I can't get below about 55%.

Is this because my garage is so damp to begin with it would need several months of continuous running to become drier or is it the gaps around the doors letting enough outside air in to keep the level up?

It's a lot better than it used to be in the winter (>75%) but not as dry as I was hoping for.

Any tips?

[GPT]

What an odd post.

Makes me want to go and buy a car from Amari.

[freenote]

FasterFreddy said:

I've had one for about a year now.

I have a couple of humidity meters in the garage but even with the humidifier on full blast for a few hours I can't get below about 55%.

Is this because my garage is so damp to begin with it would need several months of continuous running to become drier or is it the gaps around the doors letting enough outside air in to keep the level up?

It's a lot better than it used to be in the winter (>75%) but not as dry as I was hoping for.

Any tips?

I was under the impression that they need to be left on 24/7.

[laam999]

use a bowl of salt, I have a project AW11 that had been kep outside by the last guy to own it. It was ful of moisture and had somethign growing in, about 2 weeks with salt inside and bam, no more moisture and the stuff has all gone, a good hover later and the interior is all fine now.

Salt, it's the way forward

[LuS1fer]

laam999 said:

use a bowl of salt, I have a project AW11 that had been kep outside by the last guy to own it. It was ful of moisture and had somethign growing in, about 2 weeks with salt inside and bam, no more moisture and the stuff has all gone, a good hover later and the interior is all fine now.

Salt, it's the way forward

...or cat litter.

Bicarb of soda also absorbs odours and Porsches.

[FasterFreddy]

LuS1fer said:

laam999 said:

use a bowl of salt, I have a project AW11 that had been kep outside by the last guy to own it. It was ful of moisture and had somethign growing in, about 2 weeks with salt inside and bam, no more moisture and the stuff has all gone, a good hover later and the interior is all fine now.

Salt, it's the way forward

...or cat litter.

Bicarb of soda also absorbs odours and Porsches.

You can absorb a Porsche in some bicarb?

[FasterFreddy]

freenote said:

FasterFreddy said:

I've had one for about a year now.

I have a couple of humidity meters in the garage but even with the humidifier on full blast for a few hours I can't get below about 55%.

Is this because my garage is so damp to begin with it would need several months of continuous running to become drier or is it the gaps around the doors letting enough outside air in to keep the level up?

It's a lot better than it used to be in the winter (>75%) but not as dry as I was hoping for.

Any tips?

I was under the impression that they need to be left on 24/7.

Sorry, what I was getting at was that after a few hours with it on I can get the humidity down to about 55% but then it will never get any drier, even if I leave it on all the time.

On full blast I think my one uses about 300W so I really don't want to keep it going 24/7. Our electricity bill is already nudging that of a steelworks.

I had left mine on the auto setting but I found it just lowered the ambient humidity by about 20% and it's not in a big garage.