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[Paddycakes]

With summer humidity fast approaching, I'm wondering if there is such a thing as a "de-humidifier" for the apartment to get rid of all the moisture in the air in the apartment...

[yingwenlaoshi]

There's such a thing as a de-humidifier. Had one at home growing up.

[Paddycakes]

Do they actually work in any way that you can actually "feel"?

You'd probably need an industrial grade one for Korea given the mega humidity here in the summers.

[VanIslander]

uh... the air conditioner is a de-humidifier

in fact, drying out the air is its biggest accomplishment in the middle of the summer when the place is still in the high 20's but lacking that wet blanket feel of outside

seriously

[Paddycakes]

Found,

http://www.air-n-water.com/dehumidifiers.htm

But can you get one of these puppies in Korea?

[nobbyken]

There should be a setting on the aircon, which doesn't pump out cool air but removes humidity. This also has the desired cooling effect.

[Hope]

I have a small one that I bought at Kim's Club a few summers ago. I lived in a basement apartment and the air-con did not do the trick alone. I had to empty it twice a day...so I guess it was doing something.

[Mi Yum mi]

Process of physics. Cool down the air and the water content will drop. You should already have a machine that does this. It's called an air con by the locals. I'd worry more about an air purifier in this country. you have to breath that crap when you are outside...no reason to at home.

[Hyeon Een]

The summer may be fast approaching, but tomorrow it's going to be cold and rainy. Not like the weather of a few days ago when I braved the outside without my jacket..

(Canadians from cold parts: Please, don't)

[cheeseface]

You can buy loads of things that stop you clothes getting wet if you store them in a room.....I'm not sure of the name, but they suck the moisture out of the room. I didn't believe my Korean wife but they really do work. After 2 months in the summer I've emptied liters of moisture from these things......


As for an active "de-humidifier" for the apartment, I'm not so sure, apart from using loads of energy in aircon.......

What a waste of energy when the sun give so much.........


I'm sure Korean's use more energy cooling rather than heating.

[mrsquirrel]

[cheeseface]

[bassexpander]

[dogshed]

[bassexpander]

The better dehumidifiers work by blowing air over cold coils, which causes the moisture in the air to adhere to the coils. The water drips off into a holding tank.