De humidifier danger

[Powersalt]

Heres an interesting matter. Acouple of years ago I purchased 2 dehumidifiers. One I took to the boat and the second stayed at Home as my wife grabbed it for use in the utility room for drying clothes ( and it did a good job). Obtained from B & Q circa £80 each.

Anyway tonight we were in the kitchen have a cup of tea as one does and I noticed a orange glow/ flicker through the glass door. A quick response by me found the de humidifier about to ignite for no apparant reason. Swithced it off and all died down and now its outside ready for the dump.


However luck has it the one on the boat is not set up yet...thank god

 

[msimms]

Will you be taking it apart before dumping to try and determine the cause? As I too have a B&Q dehumidifier I'd be interested to know the cause.

Cheers

Mark

 

[jhr]

Heres an interesting matter. Acouple of years ago I purchased 2 dehumidifiers. One I took to the boat and the second stayed at Home as my wife grabbed it for use in the utility room for drying clothes ( and it did a good job). Obtained from B & Q circa £80 each.

Anyway tonight we were in the kitchen have a cup of tea as one does and I noticed a orange glow/ flicker through the glass door. A quick response by me found the de humidifier about to ignite for no apparant reason. Swithced it off and all died down and now its outside ready for the dump.


However luck has it the one on the boat is not set up yet...thank god

Interesting. I seem to recall that at least couple of the boat fires that I've read about in the past few years turned out to have started as a result of a defective dehumidifier catching fire. What is it about them that makes them susceptible to bursting into flames, I wonder?

 

[crazy4557]

Dehumidifier

I've got one of those just 12 months old from B & Q, would be interested to hear why it self ignited so I can check mine out before it's turned on for the winter.
I was about to set mine up next week so I'll be checking mine for any obvious problems...

 

[ontheplane]

I use the Crystals with the catch tank below - they seem super-effective and totally safe!

The electric ones do seem to have a habit of this!

 

[Richard10002]

ISTR it was something to do with not cleaning the filters.

 

[Powersalt]

Got home today and wife has already taken it dowm the dump, so no forensic investigation....sorry