CommanderDave
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I live in a Midwest rural area with high humidity; my HVAC system is an open loop Bosch geothermal unit. I currently have two high quality portable dehumidifiers running, one in my finished basement that discharges into a floor drain, and one in the central area of the main floor of the house in the kitchen dining area. They both do a good job, however the one on the main floor fills very quickly and must be emptied by hand, and it can become a little noisy at times. I'm thinking of trying to plumb it through a nearby cabinet down through the floor and have it drain to the outside. However I do have a laundry room at the very far end of the house where steps lead into the basement, and I could mount it on a shelf above the laundry sink and have it drain directly into the sink. They both pull air in from the back and discharge it out one side. My concern is...would placing one at the far end of the house and no longer in the central area would it not perform efficiently to dehumidify the whole main floor? Of note my HVAC guy lobbies against a whole house dehumidifier system, his experience is they just don't last very long at all and he always has issues with them and their warranties, but he would install one if I insist. If plumbing the one on the main floor to drain to the outside is the way to go that's what I'll do. Thanks.