The colder weather is coming, risk of damp in the garage exp[ecially parking a wet car in there. Not wanting things to go mouldy why do people do to combat this?
Do you have fan ventulation?
Do you run a dehumidifier?
I had been running a dehumdifier. TRhe large white one is an AC with a dehumidifier function. Ran a pipe into a 20 litre container in the pit.
It did seem the little blue one was running just as evvective.
Garage floor space is very useful to have and having dehumidifiers on the floor isn't idea. I may want that space for something else.
There are wall mount dehumidifiers available.
So started to look for an ideal one for the garage. This one has a car in the photo, so should be ideal.
Ordered this last Tuesday. Arrived yesterday.
I have unboxed it, but not had time to install yet. I'll add in a new power point right above it.
So is humidity and issue? Ideally 40-60% relative humidity is ideal. Above 70% mold can form.
I do have some electronics out there so want to take care of that by keeping the temperature reasonable and humidity low. Image above starts with the smaller dehumidifier is on until oct 10th. You can see how much it increased without it on.
Which this new dehumidifier it has a 10mm flexible outlet pipe, I plan to run that out the wall and into a 68mm drain pipe from the guttering on the garage roof. that goes to a soak away in the garden.
One query I have on the new dehumifidier. Its features make it sound like you can set 40% rel humidity. I wonder is that is true?
Removed the cover this is the only control it has. I guess I can run it as it, see what humidity level it gets to in there, and turn it to the right if I want to keep things drier.
Exciting stuff. Lookiong forward to getting this 33kg device up on the wall.
this is mine. i keep thinking one day i will fix it on the wall and run a pipe outside, it needs emptying most days. than i would have to find somewhere else to put that tool i keep on top of it. bought it from machine mart.
It only came with 6 mouinting screws and I dind't feel they were that long. So i used my own wall plugs and screws. 10 screws holding it to the way..
Dried out the air nice and quick. Been below 50% humidy for a few days. Turned the knob a little to try to keepit around 50%.
I hung up the club gear in the garage after the show to dry it out. The Dehum done a great job pulling the moisture out of the air. However for some reason it didn't all go out the drain pipe, dripped out of the bottom of the unit, water running down the wall, puddles on the floor. Made some adjustments. Getting an occasional drip, but its under control, will investigate this further. I'll get some pictures up at some point.
Yes, I will cable clip the black power lead, that goes to a plug socket below with a plug on it.
The grey wires are sunk into the wall but not covered yet, I'll get some plastic strips.
Thr pipe on the left of the unit is the drain. I'll get that through the wall at the weekend.
