How to: Control Humidity in Basement Pool Room?

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I have an unfinished pool room in the basement. All rooms downstairs are roughed in, and the walls that are up all have fiberglass insulation inside.

I plan on putting insulation in the ceiling of the pool room and all surrounding walls.

I have a Digital thermometer with a hygrometer (displays humidity) in the pool room. Thursday I bought a 50 pint Whirpool Dehumidifier. Prior to using the dehumidifier the humidity was up to 74% and the temp 66'.

Today it has dropped to 68%. I have not yet had the dehumidifier running 24/7 because I did not have a hose to hook up to bypass the collection bucket.

Have I not had the dehumidifier running long enough to see the full benefit of it's use or will one not be enough?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.
 
Leave it running 24/7...if the bucket fills up it will cut off. Mine is the largest Wirlpool...and the bucket fills up completely each day. I just make it routine to empty the bucket daily. But yes...leaving it running 24/7 for a few days will make a huge difference.
 
Thanks Kevin,

Do you have yours set on Auto or constantly leave it running on "Max Dry"?

I hooked a hose up to it yesterday and ran the hose to my sump pump. However the bucket still filled up with water. I am hoping that this was due to my hose not laying totally flat on the floor and the water "siphoning" back to the dehumidifier and over flowin the upper basin above the bucket. The hose's path was runnin uphill behind some shelving so I am hoping this was the cause of this.

Again, thanks for the reply, I am hoping to get the humidity down below 50%.
 
I run my on low...but at the max dry setting. If yours starts making too much noise...pm me...I have the cure.
 
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I had the same problem with a warehouse and an office building. 66 degree air going across a 40 drgree coil doesn't give up much water (condensation). That is what the dehumidifier is doing close to these temperatures. I would just about bet ya if you heated the air to, say 74 degrees, and ran it thru the 40 degree coil, you would see the water rolling out of there. If you have or can use an air conditioner, it also dehumidifies the air.
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Scottster said:
Thanks Kevin,

Do you have yours set on Auto or constantly leave it running on "Max Dry"?

I hooked a hose up to it yesterday and ran the hose to my sump pump. However the bucket still filled up with water. I am hoping that this was due to my hose not laying totally flat on the floor and the water "siphoning" back to the dehumidifier and over flowin the upper basin above the bucket. The hose's path was runnin uphill behind some shelving so I am hoping this was the cause of this.

Again, thanks for the reply, I am hoping to get the humidity down below 50%.
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put the dehumidifier up about 3 feet or so on a box or something and the hose will drain better. that's what i do in my basement and it works great! my table is a gold crown 3 thats more than tripple shimed and that itself makes it extremely tough to play on not to mention almost impossible when the table is "humid".
 
I have a fan running constantly along with a dehumidifier that way it helps keeps the basement dryer.
 
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