[Speakersrock]

Hi all,
Sorry to post in here again so soon.
Last summer I built a very small but nice little shower room. It gets very wet in there and sometimes you get more wet than dry after showing its gets so humid!

The things Is, I never put an extractor fan in, and I don;t want all the hassle of it now.
Is there such a thing as a battery powered dehumidifier or something else I don;t know about that I could to to solve the problem - besides opening the window!!?

Guess I am just hoping here that someone knows about something that can be done I don't!
Any advise is much appreciated
Thanks.

[Elvandil]

Anything with the power to do the job would need house current. Dehumidifiers are really small refrigerators or air conditioners and use compressors, so they are pretty power-hungry. Anything less is not going to do any good.

An exhaust fan is really the best idea. Or at least a window fan that can draw dryer air into the space. One of those small, 6-inch corner fans that they sell to move heat from a room with a fireplace to other rooms would do the job. You could even block off the rest of the window so air was drawn in from the house rather than cold air from outside.

[Speakersrock]

oh right, thanks for clarifying that!
Guess and exhaust fan is going to have to get the vote! :/

Thanks.

[Elvandil]

LOL. Not too many opinions here, but the choices really are limited. Batteries just won't cut it in some situations, though I love using portable devices whenever appropriate.

Good luck.

[Speakersrock]

yeah!,
I thought once upon a time i saw a bettery dehumid. But i can't find any trace of anything that looks vaugely upto the job - Guess it must have been a fluke!...espiecially if you say (as makes sense) if they have compressors in them!

Thanks for the help )

[Elvandil]

If such a thing exists, it is probably based on the use of some absorbant material and not suitable for much more than keeping a small enclosure or a cigar case dry. It sounds like you have quite a bit of moisture to move or absorb and you would need all your paychecks to keep it filled with the absorbant. It's probably most sensible to try to move it rather than absorb it under those conditions.

[Speakersrock]

Ok, thanks a lot again. That makes a lot of sense.
I found one nice n' cheep on ebay I think. I'll go for that!

Thanks again.

[Elvandil]

Easier in the long run. The moisture needs to go somewhere, so if you don't blow it out, you'll need to carry it out.

[Speakersrock]

Lolo!...Semas like it, It can't stay as it is!
Its like onw of them walk-in showers at the moment!!! (You know, where the whole room is a shower!)

[new tech guy]

Just another idea, similar to what elvandil said, cant you just put a window fan in and let that pull the air out of the room? Beats dragging a bucket back and forth.

[Speakersrock]

Hi mate,
yeah lol...good idea. The only problem with the windowfan idea is that the window is only about 5cm wide LOL.

Thanks all the same!

[new tech guy]

Im sure you could find a 5cm fan . BTW, happy birthday.

[Speakersrock]

yeah, I guess so!, but how effective it would be I don't know.
Its only a small though i guess.

Aw thanks dude
Hos you enjoying being and adult now then?!

[new tech guy]

Its fine i just live the way i do now . Really though it doesnt matter how big the fan is. Alot of bathrooms have little fans like that as exhaust ones. I figure you prob could put it in and see how it goes with one.

[Speakersrock]

Oh glad to hear it!

Oh, fair enough ..I'll give it a go when I get a spare min.
Thanks agai for all the advise guys.