These dehumidifiers will help you get rid of one monster in the basement: moisture.
capacityIn one way, “capacity” refers to a dehumidifier’s ability to remove moisture from the air. This is typically expressed as a maximum amount of water able to be pulled in a day from ideal circumstances. It’s an engineer’s standard term for the work being done by this style of machine.
All this being said, a 50-pint-per-day removal capacity is likely the sweet spot for most basements. You can crank that up to 70 pints in extreme cases or down to 30 pints if your goal is to just take the edge off of a looming issue. If you have a very mild problem even less will do. Interestingly, dehumidifiers for the basement have a water removal capacity many times higher than the tank’s capacity, meaning you could need to take several trips to get maximum water removal from your dehumidifier throughout the day. Nearly all dehumidifiers with a tank have an automatic shut-off feature for when it gets too full.