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[quote=Anonymous]A few gallons a day is normal. Dehumidifiers are rated by how much water they can extract from the air stated as, PPD or pints per day. Most of your hardware store dehumidifiers are rated around 36 ppd which isn't adequate for your average basement. You are better off with a unit rated at least 100 ppd. that said, you shouldn't have to empty the bucket at ll. If you look at your dehu, it probably has a little door on the side that allows you to access the threaded drain that empties into the bucket. It's a standard hose thread. As long as you have some kind of drain in your basement, floor drain, sink, etc you can attach a short length of hose to the dehumidifier and let it empty into the drain instead of the bucket. Then you never need to empty the bucket. Also, be sure to rinse out the air filter. I go into homes every day and when someone has a dehumidifier I ask if they clean the filter. More than half of them have never cleaned the filter, and/or don't know where the filter is located. So I pull it out for them and show them. Most of the time the filter is totally packed and the dehumidifier is barely breathing. Run some water through the filter and tap it to remove the stubborn stuff. [/quote]
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