The reviews on Amazon look real good for that dehumidifier. My only problem is, I only get to my boat about every two weeks . The fill tank would be full in a couple of days so it wouldn't do me much good. I'm currently using the large Damprid bucket you can get at Home Depot for about $10. Not sure how long it will last during the humid summer here in TN. I'm thinking your little humidifier would cost at least $10/month in elec to run.

If you could bypass the tank switch on your Eva dry 2200 and put it in the sink to drain into the holding tank that would be ideal. Give a look and see if it's possible. Anyone here see a problem with my suggestion? How about this, instead of bypassing switch, drill a hole and attach a drain tube to the tank into the sink drain. What do you think guys?

I wish I had seen this a year ago. I now have a small AC to dehumidify the boat (and cool some) but I think one of these would have been adequate.

One big problem with my AC is the electronic controls. If power is lost, it DOES NOT COME BACK ON automatically, someone must push the button on the panel. This is a terrible problem where brief power outages are common.

So, my question: If you disconnect the power and reconnect, does the unit resume working?

I would likely want to run it from ac power, probably no problem, just need a small power supply.

I think I would just run the water into the bilge, where it will be handled by the bilge pump in due course.

Yeah, probably not a great idea. But I like the sink drain idea.

If you have an A/C unit on board, check the manual. I discovered that mine has a dehumidify setting that will keep the boat dry and odor free while we are away. The downside is that you are cycling a compressor on and off while the boat is unoccupied.

I have read some of the comments on this unit and I believe that it is too small for a 32' in Florida. Even with the thing running constantly, it will probably not handle the 100+ humidity down there - I sometimes pull a couple of quarts a day out of the boat. The A/C that I now have is also a dehumidifier, and I have the condensate running overboard. Still, the Peltier cooler is very attractive (used a lot in the space business) since it has no moving parts. It is about 17% efficient, whereas a compressor can run up to 50%, in creating cold, but that does not matter so much for a dehumidifier. I like the idea that it can run on 12V. I could eliminate the little power supply and wire it in directly, perhaps.

One caution on using dehumidifiers: You need to cover the tank so the water doesn't re-evaporate on you. I used a dehumidifier for years in my cellar and covered its tank with a hunk of wood, leaving a space for the condensate to drain down into the tank. Later I got smart and hooked the tank directly to the sewer.

Jeff