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This is GE's new dehumidifier! It has easy electronic controls and is usable for low temperature operations. The front condensate bucket has a water level indicator and is easily removable. An automatic shut-off system ensures that the dehumidifier switches off when the bucket fills up. Features: ¡ã 40 pints per day ¡ã Electronic controls ¡ã Low temperature operation ¡ã Front condensate bucket with water level indicator ¡ã Automatic shut-off system when bucket fills ¡ã 2 fan speeds ¡ã Automatic defrost control ¡ã External drain connector ¡ã Easy roll casters ¡ã Washable air filter

• Generates heat
  I'm not sure if heat generation is supposed to be a feature or if it is common to dehumidifiers but it seems to me that a dehumidifier that also acts as a heater is somewhat analogous to driving in searing heat with your heater on to keep your car from overheating. One buys a dehumidifier to mitigate humidity in climates where summer brings unbearable dampness magnifying the effects of the heat. Right??? What's the point of a dehumidifier that heats the freaking air???????????? Unless you have a problem basement or similar, winter dryness takes care of ambient humidity no???? Unless I'm missing something, this product deserves a five star idiot engineering award....more info
• I thought a new digital control dehum would be the ticket
  WRONG!
  The digital control is a great idea, but needs to be taken a step further.
  all of these dehums with digital control, they all have the same problem. the sensor is built in. so as a result, after the fan shuts off (3 minutes after the compressor shuts off) then the humidity inside the machine makes the humidity climb fast and it turns on again - too soon. this causes it to keep cycling on and off too much.
  what a mfg of these things needs to do is use/supply a remote humidity sensor to place like 5-10 feet across the room. perhaps using one of those weather station remote sensors. then the fan wodul not have to run for 3 minutes after nor would it cycle on and off so much.
  the reason that a lot of people like that one brand (sorry, I forgot its name) is because it does not cycle on and off so much. well, it does not cause the fan is always on. well, that wodul help too - keeping th efanon the unit always one. but that also uses a lot of energy. a better solution is a remote humidity sensor. - there is a million $ idea for someone or some company out there to actually make a dehum work decently adn effieciently.
  I had one of these from a local Menards. It was only $128.99 on sale. but I took it back because it kept cycling too much, so I might as well keep my old non digital dehum.
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