[NHCOLL-L:4512] RE: Dehumidifiers

[Opitz, Cindy]

Room-unit dehumidifiers are the best we're currently able to do for RH control, too.  When purchasing, make sure you get ones with large reservoirs, or multiple units for large spaces.  Our single units in some areas fill up over the weekend, so RH climbs back up until someone comes in on Monday to empty them--that kind of fluctuation can't be good!  You'll need to dedicate staff to routine emptying as well.

Cindy Opitz
Collections Manager
Pentacrest Museums: Museum of Natural History
and Old Capitol Museum
11 Macbride Hall
The University of Iowa
Iowa City IA 52242
319-335-0481
www.uiowa.edu/~nathist
www.uiowa.edu/~oldcap



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Fishman-Armstrong
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 2:10 PM
To: NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:4511] Dehumidifiers

Our humidity is too high in the library.  We are looking into a grant to
find a permanent solution.  But in the meantime, I need to purchase a
dehumidifier.  Does anyone have any suggestions to any brand, or thoughts I
need to consider before purchasing?  We are thinking about obtaining a room
unit from Home Depot, as a temporary solution.   

Thanks,

Susie

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Susie Fishman-Armstrong
Laboratory Coordinator
Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory
University of West Georgia
Carrollton, GA 30118

678-839-6303 (office)
678-839-6306 (fax)
www.westga.edu/~ajwlab/