Dehumidifier

[theram 22]

Anyone know where tilak can get a dehumidifier from, and how much it will cost me?

[cbrib 354]

Power Buy has various air filtration units but not sure about Humidifier. May a pharmacy like Fascino may have or can order for you.

[js007 795]

Anyone know where tilak can get a dehumidifier from, and how much it will cost me?

 

A dehumidifier in Thailand? That thing would be running 24/7.

[Gary 4,119]

You'd be better off buying a small air conditioner. It will do the same job with the benefit of some cooling. The smaller the unit, the more it will run and the more moisture it will take out of the air.

[MeGoDanceNow 4,281]

Here's an yahoo answer on the topic.

 

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071116185855AAW1yiz

 

Some good tips here. You need an AC that is the right size for the room, so it is running constantly, otherwise your room will be cool but damp. Most aircons you can buy in Thailand have a "dry" (dehumidify only) setting.

[theram 22]

Will look into aircon in Sept when I'm out next out. Need a quick fix now. She not sleeping. Too hot. Fan not much help. Hoping fan plus dehumidifier will tide her over. I'm thinking B1000 ish?

[Gary 4,119]

You can get a decent fan for your thousand baht but nothing else.

[mike_asia 1]

Japan

[MeGoDanceNow 4,281]

They have those radiator things that you fill with ice so they radiate cool air but they don't really do fuck-all. Suck it up and buy an aircon.

[Butch 3,456]

Have you considered getting a small mobile Air Con unit? They're good, not much noisier than a regular Air Con unit and not too expensive to run. However they do need an exhaust to be hung out of an open window, plus the water emptying every few hours. My advice would be, if you got a mobile one, to get an extension hose and put the unit in the room, feed the exhaust out as required but pin a thick blanket or towel around the gap left by the open window. To avoid emptying the water ( they cut off when the reservoir gets full) just get a length of silicon hose and push it over the nipple where the bung is located and feed it into a large bowl. I've got shed loads of silicon hose here and can always send you some out if you get stuck.

 

We've got one in the UK , they're rated in BTU's but I'll be buggered if I can remember the formula for calculating the BTU to SqM ratio. For what they are the small units are pretty good, they take a while to get a room cool but do maintain the temp adequately. I've no idea of the cost over there , hopefully not mega bucks and the advantage being you can take them with you when you move house.

Edited May 17, 2014 by Butch

[MeGoDanceNow 4,281]

Have you considered getting a small mobile Air Con unit?

 

How "mobile" are they, Butch? If I buy one and mount it on an old-timey diving suit, can I walk around beer bars feeling cool all the time, even in the hot season?

 

[Butch 3,456]

Indeed you can LDK, however, you will require a length of extension cable plus of course a couple of serfs to follow you around pushing it.

Yourself, like I, Being the kind of guys we are ,having the financial wherewithal to be able to afford to drink in an Air Con GoGo bar and not baulk at the prices, perhaps that is a better option than wandering around Pattaya looking like a couple of robot Robbies.

[MeGoDanceNow 4,281]

Indeed you can LDK, however, you will require a length of extension cable plus of course a couple of serfs to follow you around pushing it.

Yourself, like I, Being the kind of guys we are ,having the financial wherewithal to be able to afford to drink in an Air Con GoGo bar and not baulk at the prices, perhaps that is a better option than wandering around Pattaya looking like a couple of robot Robbies.

 

 

Speak for yourself. I'm sitting on the stone bench outside 7-11 in Jomtien nursing a warm tinny of Chang, left behind by a homeless guy. Good thing they have wi-fi here.

Edited May 17, 2014 by LadyDrinkKing

[short 215]

They have those radiator things that you fill with ice so they radiate cool air but they don't really do fuck-all. Suck it up and buy an aircon.

One of the small hick restaurants near me was using one of those "radiator things". They claimed it worked. I tried to convince them that it wasn't working but they couldn't understand.

 

The ice they put into it came from their ice maker which was in the same air volume.

[short 215]

Have you considered getting a small mobile Air Con unit? They're good, not much noisier than a regular Air Con unit and not too expensive to run. However they do need an exhaust to be hung out of an open window, plus the water emptying every few hours. My advice would be, if you got a mobile one, to get an extension hose and put the unit in the room, feed the exhaust out as required but pin a thick blanket or towel around the gap left by the open window. To avoid emptying the water ( they cut off when the reservoir gets full) just get a length of silicon hose and push it over the nipple where the bung is located and feed it into a large bowl. I've got shed loads of silicon hose here and can always send you some out if you get stuck.

 

We've got one in the UK , they're rated in BTU's but I'll be buggered if I can remember the formula for calculating the BTU to SqM ratio. For what they are the small units are pretty good, they take a while to get a room cool but do maintain the temp adequately. I've no idea of the cost over there , hopefully not mega bucks and the advantage being you can take them with you when you move house.

You can buy a 5000 BTU (20 sq meters) for 3000 baht in the US.

 

room size is a poor value to go by. You really know what the rate heat will enter the room through the walls for a given temperature delta between inside and outside.

[short 215]

You can buy a 5000 BTU (20 sq meters) for 3000 baht in the US.

 

room size is a poor value to go by. You really need to know what the rate heat will enter the room through the walls for a given temperature delta between inside and outside.

[theram 22]

So, can anyone tell me how many baht for a 5000 BTU in Pattaya? Also, anyone know the correct name and price of the "radiator" thingy?

[Butch 3,456]

Room size is a poor value to go by. You really know what the rate heat will enter the room through the walls for a given temperature delta between inside and outside.

Room size makes part of the industry standard equation which is then used as a calculation for the domestic Air Con install. How can room size be a poor value? As environmental variables come into the equation, room size is the only constant they have to work with. The "Delta" cannot be consistent as the ambient temp changes throughout the day as do the variables in surface temp of the walls. A South facing wall will have a higher advection than an internal one.

 

Values are measured in BTU (British Thermal Units) and it is an industry standard. To date I've never yet had to calculate a heat loss ratio for a domestic room, also actually, heat transfer / loss via walls has nothing to do with it in small dwellings, HVAC & HVACR equations only come into play on large offices / buildings, which is why there is a formula for BTU to SqM on hand for most Air con installers and not one for heat loss / transfer or advection, simply because every dwelling has different insulation properties which cannot be determined by anything other than a detailed survey.

 

A domestic installation such as this wouldn't warrant a survey. I'm going on the assumption that it's a regular bedroom maybe 20Sq M with one window, cinder block construction with a door.

 

No idea for price, but the "radiator" or "cold air advection unit" as they like to call it is no different from putting a bowl of ice in front of a fan. Get a portable ACU, set it up and when you get there look into putting a wall / ceiling mounted unit for long term.

 

FWIW Daikin are the best out there, if you can afford it and it is long term, go for a ceiling mounted unit with external compressor , the FTX20JV 2Kw system,( Cooling 2.5Kw ) retails for about 600 quid in the UK and is arguably the best VFM set up on the market today. No idea what the price is in LOS but they're super efficient and have the same inverter technology as the latest top of the range Samsungs, but under a different name.

 

Then again I know fuckall about Air Con installation, so no good listening to me.

 

Cheers

Butch

Edited May 19, 2014 by Butch

[theram 22]

You can get a decent fan for your thousand baht but nothing else.

I meant B1,0000

[theram 22]

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Have you considered getting a small mobile Air Con unit? They're good, not much noisier than a regular Air Con unit and not too expensive to run. However they do need an exhaust to be hung out of an open window, plus the water emptying every few hours. My advice would be, if you got a mobile one, to get an extension hose and put the unit in the room, feed the exhaust out as required but pin a thick blanket or towel around the gap left by the open window. To avoid emptying the water ( they cut off when the reservoir gets full) just get a length of silicon hose and push it over the nipple where the bung is located and feed it into a large bowl. I've got shed loads of silicon hose here and can always send you some out if you get stuck.

 

We've got one in the UK , they're rated in BTU's but I'll be buggered if I can remember the formula for calculating the BTU to SqM ratio. For what they are the small units are pretty good, they take a while to get a room cool but do maintain the temp adequately. I've no idea of the cost over there , hopefully not mega bucks and the advantage being you can take them with you when you move house. Yeh. I think that,s what I will do. Wll pm you nearer the time about the silicone hose if - may? Cheers!

[Butch 3,456]

Yep no worries, all you need to do when you get one is pull the rubber plug out of the back and look at the aperture of the plastic pipe which will be the water tank drain, give me an approx measurement (diameter) and I'll send you however much length you want. Then you just slip it over and you're sorted.

[theram 22]

Cheers! Much appreciated

Yep no worries, all you need to do when you get one is pull the rubber plug out of the back and look at the aperture of the plastic pipe which will be the water tank drain, give me an approx measurement (diameter) and I'll send you however much length you want. Then you just slip it over and you're sorted.

[jacko 8,822]

Have you considered getting a small mobile Air Con unit? They're good, not much noisier than a regular Air Con unit and not too expensive to run. However they do need an exhaust to be hung out of an open window, plus the water emptying every few hours. My advice would be, if you got a mobile one, to get an extension hose and put the unit in the room, feed the exhaust out as required but pin a thick blanket or towel around the gap left by the open window. To avoid emptying the water ( they cut off when the reservoir gets full) just get a length of silicon hose and push it over the nipple where the bung is located and feed it into a large bowl. I've got shed loads of silicon hose here and can always send you some out if you get stuck.

 

We've got one in the UK , they're rated in BTU's but I'll be buggered if I can remember the formula for calculating the BTU to SqM ratio. For what they are the small units are pretty good, they take a while to get a room cool but do maintain the temp adequately. I've no idea of the cost over there , hopefully not mega bucks and the advantage being you can take them with you when you move house.

Haven't seen them here.

I could use one in the village bungalow.

There are a lot of those stand alone units being offered that you have to put water into! They appear attractive as they are demonstrated inside a well air-conditioned showroom where people can hold their hands in front and feel the cooling effect of the highly humid draught.

[theram 22]

Looks like it is going to be the ice filled fan assisted radiator as a stop gap. Anyone tell me a) the correct name of it where in pattaya she can get one c) rough cost?

[jacko 8,822]

Looks like it is going to be the ice filled fan assisted radiator as a stop gap. Anyone tell me a) the correct name of it where in pattaya she can get one c) rough cost?

Take a look in HomePro in the Big C Extra Mall.

Although I thought they just used water rather than ice.

Seem to range from 5000 to 9000 baht. They won't work very well in high humidity I expect.