I have one in 2020 and used one summer in 2021, and it is broken now (May, 2022). I purchased it from Costco. Does not matter what functions it has, the reliability is a big problem. Not recommend it!
As with most things these days, the instructions suck. It comes with a "thin hose" and a "fat hose". According to his video I now know where to attach the fat hose. But, what is the thin hose for and where do we attach it? The manual does not identify either of these hoses. Thanks very much.
I found the answer on another UA-cam video: ua-cam.com/video/QrPsOwD_Ilc/v-deo.html . The thin one is for running the "pump" feature. The fat one is for the "direct drain" feature. Thank you.
Is it normal that my Danby dehumidifier 50 pint DDR050BJPWDB-ME randomly stops for a minute or two at 44% (I set it at 40%) and then resumes? I also noticed even though I set it at 40%, it goes down to 39%, doesn't shut off though, but continues within a minute after it said 39% it goes back up to 43%? It's so strange and I'm not sure if I have a faulty one. It was a great deal at Costco so I went for it but this is my first dehumidifier so not entirely sure what's normal vs not.
I got mine from Costco too...i set my humidity to 45%. Mine stops at 46% then within a minute, the humidity goes up to 50% and it kicks in. It's been doing that for a week, and the stop/start cycle is exactly at one minute. I have a hygrometer sitting on the unit showing the reading stops at 45%. But the humidity reading on the unit would go up to 50% as soon as the unit stops,which then the unit kicks on again and right away the humidity goes down to 47% then hangs on 46% for a very long time. I saw a guy returning two of this machines, maybe its a design issue.
The Danby was one of the quieter 50 pint units we tested (only the hOmeLabs was quieter). Do note though that it exhausts through the side so it doesn't mask compressor noise as well as top exhaust units like the Frigidaire.
I just returned my Frigidaire to Costco. Same price. Frigidaire died in 18 mos. Costco reviewers thought this Danby was noisy. But it is Not louder to the Frigidaire. I think its about the same, maybe even a little quieter.
I want to put this in a summer house and have it work all winter to remove moisture when we are not there. If the power fails will the unit come back on automatically INCLUDING THE PUMP FUNCTION so it can work unattended?
Not a fan of Danby. I have one, bought from Costco. I’m used to old dehumidifiers. Last one I had was about 20 years old that all you had to do was plug it in. It ran like clockwork up until the time the $4 internal fan quit. It was ugly, out of style, heavy but worked as expected for 29 years. No so with Danby. Pros: stylish 50qt Lots of features Cons: All features pull money from reliability Just under the 2 years mark before quit Have pump model, never used Hose connection is European size, won’t fit US garden hose- stupid Will let you know how warranty works.
When they said "50 pint capacity ", they talking about the capabilities to drain 50 pints of water in period of 24 hour, not the siz3of the bucket ... lol
My arrow buttons don’t do squat except in “timer mode”. ie I cannot change the humidity setting. WTF?!? Doh! When you put the fan on high and set the “recirculation“ on, of course the numbers won’t change because you just set it to run constantly no matter what the humidity is. 🤦🏻♂️
*Works great **Fastly.Cool** compact and Easy to install*
Thank you for skipping a long intro and just getting into it! Nice job
Agreed
That was good info about the take-in warranty
I have one in 2020 and used one summer in 2021, and it is broken now (May, 2022). I purchased it from Costco. Does not matter what functions it has, the reliability is a big problem. Not recommend it!
Thanks
THE DRAWER IS DIFFICULT TO GET IN AND OUT.
As with most things these days, the instructions suck. It comes with a "thin hose" and a "fat hose". According to his video I now know where to attach the fat hose. But, what is the thin hose for and where do we attach it? The manual does not identify either of these hoses. Thanks very much.
I found the answer on another UA-cam video: ua-cam.com/video/QrPsOwD_Ilc/v-deo.html . The thin one is for running the "pump" feature. The fat one is for the "direct drain" feature. Thank you.
That is correct. Sorry for the delayed reply!
Is it normal that my Danby dehumidifier 50 pint DDR050BJPWDB-ME randomly stops for a minute or two at 44% (I set it at 40%) and then resumes? I also noticed even though I set it at 40%, it goes down to 39%, doesn't shut off though, but continues within a minute after it said 39% it goes back up to 43%? It's so strange and I'm not sure if I have a faulty one. It was a great deal at Costco so I went for it but this is my first dehumidifier so not entirely sure what's normal vs not.
I got mine from Costco too...i set my humidity to 45%. Mine stops at 46% then within a minute, the humidity goes up to 50% and it kicks in. It's been doing that for a week, and the stop/start cycle is exactly at one minute. I have a hygrometer sitting on the unit showing the reading stops at 45%. But the humidity reading on the unit would go up to 50% as soon as the unit stops,which then the unit kicks on again and right away the humidity goes down to 47% then hangs on 46% for a very long time.
I saw a guy returning two of this machines, maybe its a design issue.
It pulls water, but the humidity still shows high. Can’t find what’s wrong.
If its pulling water dont worry about what it says on a screen
You mentioned there are better models. What are they? I heard that humidity makes you feel hot. Is this true?
How do you keep it from hearing up the house?
My drain pump ( not gravity hose, the thin hose with the pump) randomly stopped working. Anyway to fix this??
What about a noise levels of this unit. Wow it is different compared to Frigidaire models?
The Danby was one of the quieter 50 pint units we tested (only the hOmeLabs was quieter). Do note though that it exhausts through the side so it doesn't mask compressor noise as well as top exhaust units like the Frigidaire.
I just returned my Frigidaire to Costco. Same price. Frigidaire died in 18 mos. Costco reviewers thought this Danby was noisy. But it is Not louder to the Frigidaire. I think its about the same, maybe even a little quieter.
I want to put this in a summer house and have it work all winter to remove moisture when we are not there. If the power fails will the unit come back on automatically INCLUDING THE PUMP FUNCTION so it can work unattended?
The unit does restart automatically after power failure. I did not test whether the pump function also restarts after power failure.
Not a fan of Danby. I have one, bought from Costco. I’m used to old dehumidifiers. Last one I had was about 20 years old that all you had to do was plug it in. It ran like clockwork up until the time the $4 internal fan quit. It was ugly, out of style, heavy but worked as expected for 29 years. No so with Danby.
Pros:
stylish
50qt
Lots of features
Cons:
All features pull money from reliability
Just under the 2 years mark before quit
Have pump model, never used
Hose connection is European size, won’t fit US garden hose- stupid
Will let you know how warranty works.
Also, it’s advertised as a 50 pint dehumidifier. How the hell can they say that if it only has a 12 pint bucket?!? 😡
Oh! “50 pints per day“
When they said "50 pint capacity ", they talking about the capabilities to drain 50 pints of water in period of 24 hour, not the siz3of the bucket ... lol
Jay Teshima Be prepared to change the bucket a whole lot, or pay the extra for the pump.
@@ckeilah I got the one with a pump 💪 thanks god I did.. actually was without knowing about the pump lol... I found it after I saw this vid 🤣
I see that air come out warm almost hot. Is this normal in the unit?
Yes, all compressor based dehumidifiers exhaust warm air.
Mine freezes up quite often, how do I stop this from happening?
Contact their customer service :)
Unplug and let defrost plug back in good to go
My arrow buttons don’t do squat except in “timer mode”. ie I cannot change the humidity setting. WTF?!?
Doh! When you put the fan on high and set the “recirculation“ on, of course the numbers won’t change because you just set it to run constantly no matter what the humidity is. 🤦🏻♂️
🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Jay Teshima weren’t you impressed? That’s the first time someone on the Internet admitted he was wrong without having to be called out on it first. 🤣
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Very wordy, you can do this in about three minutes.