[NHCOLL-L:4513] RE: Dehumidifiers

[Judith Chupasko]

Hi All,
We have had similar problems in our field station underground bunker 
rooms. Fortunately, there are floor drains in each room, so we 
purchased dehumidifiers with a garden hose attachment on the water 
tank......it works great. Maybe if your room had a sink, you could 
set the dehumidifier on a counter with a hose that empties into the 
sink. I know most collection spaces do not have a sink.....but, you 
never know. Good luck, Judy

At 03:58 PM 9/8/2009, you wrote:
>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
>
>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>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/


Judy Chupasko, Curatorial Associate
Department of Mammalogy, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
26 Oxford St., Cambridge, Mass 02138
617-495-2469
http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/Departments/Mammals/