B&Q Dehumidifier with built in timer

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A caution for those looking at the B&Q dessicant dehumidifier.

Having read the various posts in October, I decided on a B&Q dessicant dehumidifier. So having got the thing home and out of the box I studied the instructions and discover that the thing has a built in timer which defaults to a maximum of 10 hours run time. So I have now looked again at the earlier posts and discover that the one I have just bought is not the "Amberdry" which was being discussed, but an "Airforce".
Dur! My fault for not finding out the facts - not that it says anything on the box (and the helpful B&Q assistant just read me what was written on the box when I asked for more info).

As I need something I can leave on for a few weeks so I can get the boat really dry inside (to do some epoxying) the thing is going to have to go back - unless anyone has a clever wheeze to get around the timer.
 
take it back and explain it wasn't what you asked for when asking for advice from assistant. Or just bypass the timer, which shouldn't be a difficult wiring job.
 
Thanks - The control panel has an electronic look about it so I am worried that if I take it apart and cannot hot wire it, I will then have a problem taking it back. So I think I should probably return it and start again.
 
buy a timer the type you use for plugging in lamps when you go on holiday, use that instead of the dehumidifiers timer and problem solved
 
If they have gone to the trouble/expense of fitting a run limiting timer there is probably a reason. Do you really need to run it 24hrs? - a timeswitch on the power as sugested above may be the way to go.
 
Might be wrong but it could well be to do with regenerating the desiccant -large industrial ones of this type used to have a heater to do it continuously, these probably do not
 
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buy a timer the type you use for plugging in lamps when you go on holiday

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I wondered about a separate timer but it won't work because it will only restart by pressing the button.
 
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save me looking, how much was this?


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£100 unless you are of a certain age in which case you can get another 10% on a Wednesday.

It looks a reasonable unit for the money apart for the timer
 
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Do you really need to run it 24hrs?

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Well no but I had in mind to run it all the time at low level (as per the discussion in the early october posts) If it is limited to 10 hours I would have to get to the boat once a day to restart it which is not do-able.

I am just going o have to take it back and find an equivalent without the timer. Any suggestions which don't include B&Q or the Homebase version which is a bit pricey at £150?
 
Sorry misunderstood - thought unit limited to 10hrs continuous and a power cycle would reset 10 hr timer. Does look like a trip back to B&Q (found them to be pretty good about refunds though).
 
I d suggest,if you had known this at the time of purchase, you would not have bought it. Ergo, take it back...its not what you want.
 
I bought one from B&Q with no timer or press "on" switch. You turn a graduated switch to operate. This avoids the issue of unreliable marina power circuits and you having to manually switch it on when the power returns. You can also have a plug timer in line.
 
I have the same but it's a compressor type rather than the desicant type. The compressor type use about half the electricity but when the temperature goes below 10 degrees they are about 75% less efficient than the desicant variety. Also the B&Q desicant ones don't have a continuous drain facility (or so they said when I asked).
 
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Also the B&Q desicant ones don't have a continuous drain facility (or so they said when I asked).

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I wouldnt be too sure of what you are told by staff at any big store.... not a criticism of the staff, (although some dont know what they are talking about, but pretend that they do), as they cant be expected to know everything about thousands of products.

havent seen the model, but I'd guess there is a strong chance that it has a push out plastic piece, behind which would be the drain????
 
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