That does look like it was a good idea

Couple of days ago I bagged myself a dehumidifier on fleabay as my
garage isn't quite dry. Plan for the summer is to get the roof
inspected and sorted out but I have to prevent the bikes from turning
into lumps of iron oxide before then.

So far, it's been running for about 12 hours and has been extracting
several litres of water, pretty much at the maximum specified rate and
the garage is slowly beginning to feel a little less damp. Looks like
this was a hundred quid well spent.

 

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Don't forget to keep some of the water for topping up cooling systems
and batteries.

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Good point, although I think at the moment it's a case of "plenty more
where that came from".

 

*Good* idea.

 

Bottle it and sell it to TOG.

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Lozzo.

 

My dehumidifier drains via a hose into a large plastic bin so I've
always got several gallons of water available. It's used for everything
in the house/garage/cars that needs water (cooling systems, pisser
bottles, iron, batteries & central heating).

The water from the condensing tumble drier gets emptied into another
bin as a backup supply for big jobs.

--
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'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

Having mine drain into a big tub would be a good way to ensure I'd end
up in that tub sooner or later...

 

That's why you stand it on a shelf & strap it to the garage wall. Stops
you dropping things in it too. Kitchen 'swing-bins' are ideal. Fit a
water-butt tap near the bottom, & drill a hole near the top for the
dehumidifier hose - sorted.

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'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

Can't you just do a second flush like most normal people?

 

Check your leccy bill though.

I have a good semi-industrial one bought years ago. It pulls about 3
gallons per day in the right circumstances (temperature makes a big
difference). When we first used it, I couldn't work out why my
electricity bill had rocketed. From memory, I think it pulls about
1.8kW!

I have the same problem in our garage - thin tin roof. I doesn't leak,
but it rains on the inside with condensation sometimes, and it's horrid
for tools. Most of them have to come into the house, and the DC hates
it.


Regards,

Simonm.

 

Ewwwww.

<throws rest of breakfast in bin>

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'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

Thus spake Gyp () unto the assembled multitudes:

Some of us are on water meters, y'know! ;-)

Still at least the water restrictions have been lifted here in East Sussex
so I no longer feel guilty about doing a second flush.

--
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University of Sussex
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That's actually a rather good idea. Hmm...

 

That's cheaper than watching Italian bikes turn into clumps of rust. Heck it
is/was so bad that some tools developed rust spots...

 

Not finger-tip sized were they, these rust spots?

 

Nope.