Dehumidifier

[Lance Jones]

In reading several posts here, I see dehumidifiers mentioned frequently. Is there a brand, you who use them, that you would recommend?

[Mike and Joanne Stimmler]

Lance, read the post about foam vs coil spring mattresses. It talks about dehumidifiers.

Mike

[Ron Hill]

Lance : I don't know of anyone that recommends staying plugged in so they can use a dehumidifier. 
I'd guess that a dehumidifier inside a C34 would be really filling the bilge quite full of water, if you are in a humid area. 
Unless you were to eliminate all outside ventilation, I don't think a dehumidifier would or could be efficient and would be running constantly. 

[Mike and Joanne Stimmler]

  You may consider this type.      



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[Lance Jones]

Thanks Mike and Ron. As we live aboard now, any mold presents an issue. The Atlanta area IS somewhat humid and I was looking at/for a way to ease me wife's allergies.

[Mike and Joanne Stimmler]

Lance,
Since you're living aboard,you may also want to consider a small electric heater with a built in fan, if you don't already have one. That would also help with the humidity in the cooler months. Anything to circulate the air will help.

Mike

[Lance Jones]

Thanks Mike! We have two that run automatically. It does get a wee bit nippy in Georgia over the next couple of months. Of course we are a floating wet bar so we can handle the cold........

[Ron Hill]

Lance : You didn't say you were living on-board in the winter!!  That's a whole new ball game.
I've been at Ft Benning and know it can get cold in the winter months and the hull/deck of the C34 is lousy insulation.  You'll get condensation from you breath on the inside of the boat.

I'm not too sure that a dehumidifier will or could work for you in temperatures under 70F, because the coils will freeze up. What you may need to rig up is an exhaust fan in one of the doeade vents and the heating fans you already have below should keep the interior air circulating.  Good Luck

[Lance Jones]

Ron,
I too was at Ft Benning in the winter for Jump School in 1979 and then OCS in 1983. It isn't fun there in the cold. I did Pathfinder in the Spring and it was mucho bettero!!!!

It isn't too cold. The temp inside is kept at a comfortable 65 with two heaters. One is turned off at night when we snuggle in the aft berth. I get up first in the am and turn the second one on, take the dogs for a walk and return to a nice warm cabin filled with the smell of breakfast cooking. The stove helps warm it back up to 65. We've gotten use to wearing sweaters or sweat shirts. Better yet, as I work for the company, I wear my Gill fleece when it gets cold.

[Ron Hill]

Lance : Interesting as I went through Jump School & Jump Master Course in Feb 1956.  Then I got smart and found it to be smarter to fly them rather than jump out of them.  Besides the pay was better!  Good luck!