Energy Star my foot! Dehumidifier sucking Kwh

[Renaissance]

I wouldn't consider running one along side air conditioning. The A/C does a fairly good job of drying out air. Also, if you look at it as the 500w space heater it is, it's not hard to see why your bills are higher. You're paying once to generate that heat, and (roughly) two more times to remove it from your home. Unless you can make good use of that heat, a more efficient approach might be moving that damp air to where your A/C can pick it up.

 

[woodgeek]

I wouldn't consider running one along side air conditioning. The A/C does a fairly good job of drying out air. Also, if you look at it as the 500w space heater it is, it's not hard to see why your bills are higher. You're paying once to generate that heat, and (roughly) two more times to remove it from your home. Unless you can make good use of that heat, a more efficient approach might be moving that damp air to where your A/C can pick it up.

Actually the elec cost to AC pump the heat outside should be less than half the cost (COP>2) to generate it in the first place, not double.

 

[thewoodlands]

I got a 65 pint GE dehumidifier this summer and it's got the little energy star logo on it. Since plugging it in our Kwh useage went up 50%!!

My wife says she hear's it turning on-off then back on again quite frequently. I know that's a good way to suck energy. I would think an energy star appliance would have such a simple bug like that worked out.

What do you fella's think? Defective? Take it back? Or operator error?

It has some feature that will automatically shut it off in 4 hours, but then it won't automatically turn back on so I find this feature just about useless.

We unplugged ours, started a few small fires (woodstove is in the basement) problem taken care of plus it's less expensive burning a few splits.

zap

 

[Renaissance]

Actually the elec cost to AC pump the heat outside should be less than half the cost (COP>2) to generate it in the first place, not double.

Right... I got my numbers flipped.