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to run most of the day.

Are there brands to avoid, are there a few that stands out?

This will be 1 or 2 portables, we simply don't have the mullah right now for a whole-house unit, perhaps next year.

Goal: have the house comfortable through out the day(while leaving the T-stat up at 78*) and kick the t-stat down to sleepin' weather (68*) in the evening and night.
 
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Teddy Bear will be here shortly.
Buy either his brand or Aprilaire.
Just one person's opinion; don't waste money on the portables, wait till you can afford whole house unit.
 
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why spend the $$ on 2 portables when you can get one that will do the entire house?? new portables aint cheap. trust me you will like the whole house application much better.
it can be controled by a stat on the wall or mouneted on the ductwork. go with a tursted brand. Aprilaire.

call someone in your area who can come out and walk you through it.
They are so nice!
 
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I'll be calling my installer

Prettyricky said:
why spend the $$ on 2 portables when you can get one that will do the entire house?? new portables aint cheap. trust me you will like the whole house application much better.
it can be controled by a stat on the wall or mouneted on the ductwork. go with a tursted brand. Aprilaire.

call someone in your area who can come out and walk you through it.
They are so nice!
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and yes we do have a VS AH
 
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Try the residential dehus, start with Energy Star listings. If you must go less expensive, get a 65 pint that is high on the ES list and inexpensive in your area. Locate the dehu as center as possible in the home and close to a drain or over a 30 gal garbage tub. Also find a location that you can handle the noise.
How about going half ways by getting a 65 pint ductable Santa Fe which can be operated as a free standing dehu or ducted. Cheaper than a whole house but high efficient and will blow the dry air into a supply duct for distribution throughout the home. The S F will cost a little more than 2 regular dehus. I am currently testing the SF Compact on 3,400 sqft of home/basement removing +160 lbs. of water per week while maintaining 50%RH. It operating 50% of the time. The trick is get circulation in the home. If you have a basement, sucking on the return with the dehu and discharging the dry air into the basement causes slow circulation throughout the home.
Whatever, keep us posted.
Regards TB
 
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I'm archivin' this post TB, and thanx about a million times

teddy bear said:
Try the residential dehus, start with Energy Star listings. If you must go less expensive, get a 65 pint that is high on the ES list and inexpensive in your area. Locate the dehu as center as possible in the home and close to a drain or over a 30 gal garbage tub. Also find a location that you can handle the noise.
How about going half ways by getting a 65 pint ductable Santa Fe which can be operated as a free standing dehu or ducted. Cheaper than a whole house but high efficient and will blow the dry air into a supply duct for distribution throughout the home. The S F will cost a little more than 2 regular dehus. I am currently testing the SF Compact on 3,400 sqft of home/basement removing +160 lbs. of water per week while maintaining 50%RH. It operating 50% of the time. The trick is get circulation in the home. If you have a basement, sucking on the return with the dehu and discharging the dry air into the basement causes slow circulation throughout the home.
Whatever, keep us posted.
Regards TB
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the santa fe sounds very interesting,
 
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I just bought a Santa Fe Advance. Couldn't bring myself to spend $250 on a portable unit I knew would not do the job.

About sucking off the HVAC return and discharging into the basement would that dehumidify the basement as effectively as a local unit? To do the crawl, basement and main level would load the unit at about 4000 sq ft.
 
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