On 07-2195, KATHY JOHNSON wrote to TOM WEISS:
Hi Kathy,
What happened to your off-line reader?  Noticed that you were quoting 
on-line.  Hubby upgrade your machine?
 KJ> I'm sure by now you've seen the post where I mentioned putting ice
 KJ> cubes in the brooder. I didn't WANT to do this--it went against
 KJ> every baby-raising instinct I have. In discussions/literature
 KJ> concerning handfeeding, all you usually hear about is "keep the baby
 KJ> warm", not keep the baby on ice...
A gals gotta do what a gals gotta do .  Heat can kill and you knew that!
 KJ> I DO have a dehumidifier; it's only 3 years old. When I ran it,
 KJ> while it DID take out a bunch of water, it kicked out so much waste
 KJ> heat that it made the basement 10+ degrees HOTTER than the upstairs.
 KJ> All the birds down there went into a mid-breeding season molt, and
 KJ> the basement was intolerable for US. So I stopped using it, unless I
 KJ> begin seeing mildew appear on walls down there. It's currently
 KJ> acting as a corner table...
Yesterday, I cleaned out (again) my small portable air cleaner in the bird 
room.  Took it apart and shook out all the feather dust.  It was amazing to 
see just how much was in there.  Handfulls, literally.  Perhaps the coils on 
the evaporator are fouled up with dust on your dehumidifier.  Take a good 
look at the coils and clean (high pressure water is best) them, that might 
cure your problem.  A three year old dehumidifier should not make more heat 
(because it is 3 years old).  If it cannot expell the heat out the coils, it 
will just overheat and potentially destroy itself.  As you probably know, a 
dehumidifier works like a refirgerator --  they tend to last a long time.
> I now have one and it does wonders!!
 KJ> Must be something to do with differences in the home constructions,
 KJ> I'd guess. Our basement holds heat too well, it seems.
Perhaps, but since most basements are below grade, the earth becomes a large 
heat sink and will tend to be cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.  
Water from deep wells tends to be in the mid 50's I believe.  I  had the 
choice of putting my breeders on the second floor spare bedroom or the 
basement ... I chose the basement mainly for thermal reasons.
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