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sm_jamieson

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Nov 12, 2014, 5:37:18 PM11/12/14
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This was on sale recently in lidl - think it was last week. I wish I had seen it before getting the ebac. It looks pretty good, and has everything the ebac one does not. A larger water tank, a float switch that probably works, a digital humidity readout of target humidity and current humidity, a flap to direct the output air back at the washing, and a simple timer.
And much cheaper. OK, it does not look as nice.
Lidl one says up to 20L/day, ebac spec is up to 18L/day.
Anyone got one ? Is it any good ?

As for the ebac with the unreliable float switch, I have put it on a plugin countdown timer to switch off after 12 hours, in which time the tank should never be full. When I empty the tank I will reset the timer ...


Simon.

R D S

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Nov 12, 2014, 6:08:04 PM11/12/14
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:37:13 -0800, sm_jamieson wrote:

> Anyone got one ? Is it any good ?
>

We've had one in the basement at work for about a year, it seems a bit
keen to run on full tilt when set to auto (despite a separate humidimeter
suggesting things are about right) but fair play it pulls plenty of water
out of the air.

sm_jamieson

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Nov 13, 2014, 3:25:51 AM11/13/14
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It only seems to be available from lidl when on sale, but pops up every year. Where does the unit come from ? Is it something rebadged - say some german make ?
Simon.

sm_jamieson

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Nov 13, 2014, 3:35:17 AM11/13/14
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Looks like it could be the old version of this on lidl's german site:
http://www.lidl.de/de/silvercrest-luftentfeuchter/p95527

Not many reviews - two 4 stars reviews not saying much, a 1 star translated by google said:
The quality was not good. The priming wobbled back and forth. The automatic did not work. It was displayed a low humidity, whether the well-established hygrometer indicated a moisture content of 88% in the basement. Unit was sent back.

If anyone speaks german I'm sure a better translation is possible:
Die Qualität war nicht gut. Das Ansauggitter wackelte hin und her. Die Automatik funktionierte nicht. Es wurde eine geringe Feuchte angezeigt, ob wohl das aufgestellte Hygrometer eine Feuchte von 88% im Keller anzeigte. Gerät wurde zurück geschickt

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Brian Gaff

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Nov 13, 2014, 4:10:22 AM11/13/14
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So put one in the freezer to stop ever having to defrost??
Brian

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Mitchp

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replying to sm_jamieson, Mitchp wrote:
Hi i got one yesgerday it works like a dream. We had a water leake so my walls
were soaked. This machine is taking up all tbe water.

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Brian Gaff

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Aug 20, 2017, 5:17:30 AM8/20/17
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So we go around and see little wizened dehydrated corpses in about half an
hour then?
grin.
Brian

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Fredxxx

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On 20/08/2017 00:14, Mitchp wrote:
> replying to sm_jamieson, Mitchp wrote:
> Hi i got one yesgerday it works like a dream. We had a water leake so my
> walls
> were soaked. This machine is taking up all tbe water.

Was that yesterday 3 years ago?

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Brian Gaff

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I know hence my comment of mummified bodies. I guess this flew right over
the heads of others though.
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Nihit

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Is anybody plz tell me where can I buy LiDl humidifier asap. I am in London

Lobster

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> Is anybody plz tell me where can I buy LiDl humidifier asap. I am in
> London

Lidl.

Hpe this hlps.

Brian Gaff

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Me what did I have to do with it?
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On 15/03/2018 15:47, Brian Gaff wrote:
> Me what did I have to do with it?
> Brian

Don't you remember back to November 13, 2014, 9:10 am

The Other John

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On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:47:51 +0000, Brian Gaff wrote:

> Me what did I have to do with it?

They're replying to your post of August 21, 2017, 8:02 am, or more
accurately tagging a new query on the end of it. H-O-H of course.

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Brian Gaff

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Mar 16, 2018, 4:50:47 AM3/16/18
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No sorry I don't keep brain back ups more than a year these days.
:-)
I thought it a more appropriate response than read the bleeding date on the
post on the crappy web site as normal.
Brian

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Smiler

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Oct 2, 2021, 6:31:39 PM10/2/21
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Bought one about a year ago and it damaged the top of my Samsung R3 speaker and table. The company that make them claim that it is safe to use but after seeing damage it can do to plastic and wood, Imagine what it can do to your lungs an respitory system. Dont buy lethal product and Company response is keep it away from all surfaces at least a metre away in all directions. DONT BUY!!!!!.

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Brian Gaff (Sofa)

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Oct 4, 2021, 3:42:53 AM10/4/21
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Not caring how old this post was, I dofind it rather unlikely that a
properly operating de humidifier could damage anything as it would have
been unable to pass safety requirements at the design stage.
Brian

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Max Demian

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Oct 4, 2021, 6:22:32 AM10/4/21
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On 04/10/2021 08:42, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:

> Not caring how old this post was, I dofind it rather unlikely that a
> properly operating de humidifier could damage anything as it would have
> been unable to pass safety requirements at the design stage.

Unclear what the damage would be. Scratchy feet?

"Imagine what it can do to your lungs an respiratory system."

Perhaps it takes too much moisture out of the air, which also causes the
wood of the speaker and table to dry out and warp.

How do people/tables manage in Dubai?

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charles

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Oct 4, 2021, 7:19:27 AM10/4/21
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In article <sjekl4$18ku$1...@gioia.aioe.org>,
Exact opposite; My mother had a piano made especially for use in India; it
didn't like Edinburgh weather.

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HVS

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Oct 4, 2021, 7:48:10 AM10/4/21
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On 04 Oct 2021, charles wrote

> In article <sjekl4$18ku$1...@gioia.aioe.org>,
> Max Demian <max_d...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>> On 04/10/2021 08:42, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
>
>>> Not caring how old this post was, I dofind it rather unlikely
>>> that a properly operating de humidifier could damage anything
>>> as it would have been unable to pass safety requirements at the
>>> design stage.
>
>> Unclear what the damage would be. Scratchy feet?
>
>> "Imagine what it can do to your lungs an respiratory system."
>
>> Perhaps it takes too much moisture out of the air, which also
>> causes the wood of the speaker and table to dry out and warp.
>
>> How do people/tables manage in Dubai?
>
> Exact opposite; My mother had a piano made especially for use in
> India; it didn't like Edinburgh weather.

When I bought a new piano in the late 1970s, one of the selling
points for Yahama was that the pianos were apparently built in
climate-controlled factories to produce different instruments for dry
and wet climates. (Or so they claimed, anyway...)

I was living at the time in Edmonton, Alberta, where I was getting
indoor winter RH readings (when the heating was on all day) of around
20%.

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alan_m

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Oct 4, 2021, 12:47:43 PM10/4/21
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On 04/10/2021 08:42, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
> Not caring how old this post was, I dofind it rather unlikely that a
> properly operating de humidifier could damage anything as it would have
> been unable to pass safety requirements at the design stage.
> Brian
>

Its probably leaking that furniture damaging substance - water.

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