Lidl SilverCrest Dehumidifier

Ethereal Cereal

Hey

I bought the lidl Dehumidifier recently, SilverCrest SLE 200 B2. It doesnt state anywhere in the manual whether its Refrigerant or Desiccant. It does state "10l (at 30°C/80% rh) But my house is not often at 30°, generally its at 5°-10°.

Does anyone know if this Dehumidifier is a desiccant type, since I believe that type performs better in cold conditions. Otherwise I have the option of returning it, and buying something else.

thanks a mill,

L1011

If it doesn't say it's desiccant, it's going to be refrigerant. Desiccant is a sales feature and a price point item.

It is going to be barely functional at that temperature

dbas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058278060/lidl-silvercrest-dehumidifier

Think your off in your temperature guesses there.

The numbers you are reading are test conditions for the dehumidifier.

Post a picture of the data tag of the machine. Should have things like voltage and current written on it

Ethereal Cereal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120061540#Comment_120061540

oh, I might be. That makes sense, max performance is it will extract 10l at 30°C.

I'm getting my information from the manual, if that's any use,

10-10-20

Yes, that's a compressor based one.

Thing that I found is that at 10 degrees C it puts so much energy into dehumidifying that it will heat up a small room, further reducing the RH and just eating power for almost zero dehumidification. They seem happy enough around 15 degress C or above.

dbas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120061625#Comment_120061625

Looks an alright spec one. I've a meaco dehumidifier at home. Great for drying clothes and far cheaper than using a dryer on wet days.

Very quiet, considering it has a compressor like yours.

Ethereal Cereal

Thanks for the replies on above. I'm a bit clearer now on or Compressor/Desiccant Dehumidifiers.

I'll try it for a while and probably stick with it, tbf it was only €100 and with a bit of heating my house is closer to 10°C/15°C

10-10-20

I ended up getting a Meaco desiccant one last year for my clothes drying room to replace the compressor one which I moved upstairs.

The compressor one does better in the warmer en-suite than the cold of the clothes room which averaged around 12 C.

magicbastarder

how much did the meaco cost? and how does it compare with energy consumption vs machine drying?

10-10-20

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120064481#Comment_120064481

MEACO DD8L Junior Desiccant Dehumidifier - €219.

610w in "max mode" and 300w in normal. Can control dehumidification to 25%, 45% and 65% (I think, temporally mislaid the manual).

It is a good device - but you have to watch the consumption. I have it on a Shelly so I can turn it off if needed, but you're not supposed to control it externally as it needs cool the heater and desiccant so runs-on for a few mins after you hit the power button on the top.

dbas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120064481#Comment_120064481

Cost about 160 last year.

165w of power.

Far less power than a dryer. Like 85% less power

It would take longer than the dryer obviously, but still dry within a day if left in the box room with two clothes horses full of wet clothes.

magicbastarder

15% of the power, but it sounds like you're leaving it on a lot longer?

dbas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120065472#Comment_120065472

Good point. Sorry

0.165kwhr for the dryer when it's on. 165w for an hour

There's a 6 hour clothes drying option. Two loads minimum hanging in the room. They'd almost be dry at that. I'd put that cycle on again in the morning after emptying the drum.

0.165 * 6hours = 0.99kwhr *2 cycles =1.98kwhr

Washer dryer is 2.967kwhr per drying cycle for one load of washing. Bosch series 6 10kw washer dryer

2.967*2=5.934kwhr

1.98/ 5.934 =0.33 = 33% of Energy used by Dryers in my case

10-10-20

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120065472#Comment_120065472

Righty said. At the end of the day if you are dehumidifying a room with the objective of drying clothes, you're far less efficient than an appliance which is designed for that purpose, especially if that dryer is a condensing type. I use mine overnight (on night rate) in a small room to dry off whatever would have been left hanging, but I have had to resist using it to dry full loads as it's just not as efficient as the appliance.

An example is this night:

That's 3.9kW over 6 hours and my dryer would probably have used less energy over a 1hr cycle and have produced fluffy clothes. As it was the dryer was needed anyway (or so I'm told) to "finish off" the clothes. So yeah - horses for courses.

dbas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120065569#Comment_120065569

I don't have fluffy clothes (the sacrifices we make)

Don't have a night rate either so it's a flat rate.

I would likely use the dryer more at night if I did. There's a 6 hour wash dry cycle on mine which looks like 3.5kwhr in total. With a low night rate, that would make sense.

Not for me currently though