50 pt. Dehumidifier for Wet Rooms up to 1500 sq. ft. in Black, ENERGY STAR

Hello Brad. All of our dehumidifiers are made globally. GE Appliances products are designed by GE Appliances engineers in the United States. Many are manufactured in the U.S. and others are made globally to our specifications. The country of origin is shown on the Model/Serial rating plate as well as the packaging. Manufacturing facilities (plant sites, where appliances are made) can and do change from time to time because GE Appliances continues to seek the most efficient manufacturing processes available. We make products all over the world for a Global marketplace. Therefore, your best source for manufacturing location is the packaging/product itself. Stay in touch and stay safe. Geoff@GEA

Hello Vincent. This model can be drained to a floor drain using a garden hose. Water can be automatically emptied into a floor drain by attaching a garden water hose (not included). This is found on page 6 of the following manual for this model dehumidifier. https://images.homedepot-static.com/catalog/pdfImages/61/615338bf-8aeb-4781-8951-c8fda04a6eea.pdf I hope you find this information helpful. Geoff@GEA

Yes. That is what I’m using it for; to lower the humidity under the house. Works well pumping the water out to a bucket

Hi ROCK - Thank you for reaching out to us and for your interest in this dehumidifier! Though we do not rate our dehumidifiers for sound performance, our appliances are always designed with the quietest possible performance in mind. We are happy to offer you some guidance on normal operational sounds you may hear. - When it is running you will hear compressor noise, a condenser fan noise as air is moving through the unit, possible water dripping into the storage bucket, and normal cycling on and off sounds much like you hear with your refrigerator. Additionally, If the bucket is full or missing for more than 3 minutes, an alarm will sound for about 10 seconds to remind you to empty and replace the bucket. - We hope that this helps! -Eliza@GEA

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It has a range - if you have it in a room that is 20ft long by 15ft wide with two adjacent doors leading to say smaller rooms (ex: bedrooms) I get about a 10% difference - the main room will be 50%, the bedrooms around 60%. The farther you get away (and the more closed doors) the less effect you will have. Honestly, only air conditioning and heat can truly dry out a modern American house - if you have a great room with a high ceiling a 70 pint would be a better option than a 50. If not a high ceiling a 50 will be sufficient for the great room only, with a smaller affect on adjacent rooms with open doors. The smaller the space, the more dehumidification you can achieve (and the less your power bill will be from the machine not having to run all the time). I usually consider 100 pints sufficient for a 1000ft house crawl space to achieve 55-45% humidity. I consider 2 50 pint dehumidifiers sufficient to control a 2000ft house that has all the doors open and some air exchange. I put a dehumidifier on either end of the house to "overlap" their range of effect.

New standard, which equates to about 70 under the old one.

Still early to tell works as it should not real loud so far so good

Hello TheB. We're glad that you were able to reach out. We're more than happy to help. The max draw of this dehumidifier 1,725 watts. We hope this answer is useful! We'll be wishing you the best. - Guy@GEA

I have two, also purchased in the last 2-3 months. It definitely helps with moisture. But clean it thoroughly and frequently with soap or it will develop mold in the bucket (which is too small to get your hands in). It won't get rid of mold that you already have.