Dehumidifiers

[carolyorkie2010]

Just had a builder to the house, got a slight problem with damp in the bedroom; also lots of condensation in the conservatory, even though it is well ventilated. He will be back to do some work in January but in the meantime wants me to put the dehumidifier on in the bedroom 24/7 for  a week and then as required.He said to start clearing the condensation from inside the house first, then tackle the conservatory. The dehumidifier is 2000 watts, so I dread to think of the running cost. Can anyone advise please? Thanks in advance.

[ed_blackadder_1]

Carole have a look on here    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=638349     might help

[ed_blackadder_1]

this might be better actually -   

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I have listed below the hourly running cost of most popular models of Dehumidifiers. All running cost have been calculated using an example figure of 12p per KW/H as an Electricity cost (Which is the average UK electricity updated as of Nov 2013)

Delonghi DEM 10 – 190 watts – 2.3p per hour
Delonghi DES 14 – 230 watts – 2.8p per hour
Meaco 10L Dehumidifier – 220 watts – 2.7p per hour
Ebac 2650e Dehumidifier – 360 watts – 4.3p per hour
Prem-I-Air PGD10L – 250 watts – 3p per hour
B&Q 10 litre Dehumidifier (old model) – 220 watts – 2.7p per hour
Blyss 10L Dehumidifier – 205 watts – 2.5p per hour
330 Watt Desiccant Dehumidifer – 330 Watts – 3.9p per hour
650 Watt Desiccant Dehumidifier – 650 Watts – 7.8p per hour

If you model or wattage of dehumidifier is not in the list above, you can work out the cost of running it yourself by using the following formula.

(1000 watts = 1kw and so 250 watts would equal 0.25kw)

So you would work out your dehumidifier running cost by using the following equation:-

KW X Electricity cost in pence X number of hours run

So a 150 watt dehumidifier running for 12 hours with an Electricity cost of 14p per unit can be worked out as:-

0.15(kw) x 12 x 0.14 = £0.252 = 25.2 pence

[carolyorkie2010]

Oh thank you Ed, that's very helpful and a fraction of what I thought it would cost to run per hour. xx