Yes, thought of that, but my Meaco junior, fabulous little dehumidifier, doesn’t like having the power turned off without it’s shutdown routine and won’t start after the power has been turned back on again unless it’s Start button is pressed.
Is that a desiccant one? The biggest cause of dehumidifier fires is not doing a cool down on desiccant models, which get very hot. Its not important with compressor models but if yours is a desiccant (I couldn't find a spec online quickly) then I'd suggest not turning it on and off by the mains
Interesting - the marina I was in last year had a dictat that only desiccant dehummers were permitted because the others were a fire hazard at low temp.
Below 5 degrees the compressors don't really work so I suppose they may overheat but the heat put off by a desiccant is enormous - running our small one will put the cabin temp up (in a 50 foot cat so quite some volume) by at least 5 or 6 degrees often more. When I forgot to set the timer on laundry mode to dry a few things in the heads it overheated due to the small space (about 2M by 1M by 2m high) and after 90 minutes had cooled enough to turn back on - it was locked out until then - and after 90 minutes, in the cockpit for safety, when I turned it back on the blower immediately started and put out very hot air and then tock a 10 minute cool down cycle to .. well cool down. Don't under estimate them
