We are asked lots of questions via our ‘Ask a Question’ buttons on a daily basis and we answer each one in turn in as much detail as possible.  But it has struck me that a lot of the questions are very similar, so in order to help as many people as possible solve their dehumidifier questions we are going to publish the answers to the most popular questions here as well.

Today’s question comes from Steve and is one that many people ask about how often you empty a dehumidifier tank;

'Hi there on the Meaco DD8L it states an 8 litre extraction rate per day with only a 2 litre tank.  Does this mean it has got to emptied quite a few times over 24 hours?' Steve,

You will probably find that you will be emptying it once in the morning and once in the evening when you receive it.  When the house starts to dry out this will settle down to once a day and then at some stage you will probably fall into a routine of emptying it every other day.

The humidistat on board will control how much water you will take out of the air and it is unlikely that you would need to remove 8 litres every single day.

Hope this helps. Regards Chris Products featured: Meaco DD8L