Dehumidifier recall

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This affects several models. They are being recalled due to overheating and starting fires.

Over 1.5 million dehumidifiers are under recall after fire reports. Here's what you need to know

More than 1.5 million dehumidifiers are under recall following reports of nearly two dozen fires, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday. The recall impacts 42 models of dehumidifiers sold under five brand names: Kenmore, GE, SoleusAir, Norpole and Seabreeze.

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Damn. I've had this happen a few times, and invariable, the replacement unit shipped to owners affected by the recall lacks the one feature that had you requiring that model in the first place. The last time it happened, a little more than a year ago, we had a unit that I had purchased for our crawl space recalled. Because the crawl space celing height is low, I had purchased an integral pump unit with side exhaust, but the only replacement offered for the recall had top exhaust requiring a higher ceiling height than our crawl space has. The end result has been constant freezing-up of the replacement unit.