A dehumidifier keeps the air dry in your home or working environment, which can prevent moisture problems in your airbrush, air lines, filters and air compressor tanks. It will also prevent mould, damp and condensation in the room caused by the humid UK climate and the extra humidity that you've added into the air by spraying water-based paints.
We recommend using a purpose-built extractor/ventilation unit to remove the majority of overspray, particles and vapours immediately while working, along with a facemask for your respiratory health and safety. We recommend using the dehumidifier to keep the room dry before spraying and to dry the room again after spraying.
Which type of dehumidifier is right for your home or work space?
- Compressor dehumidifiers are suited to rooms over 16°C. The warmer the room, the more moisture they will remove from the air. They are lower cost to run than desiccant dehumidifiers because they do not need to do the work of heating the air before condensing the moisture.
- Desiccant dehumidifiers are suitable for rooms under 10°C, such as a cold workshop, utility room, cellar, garage or outbuilding. They have a small heater inside to warm the air before condensing the moisture. Air leaving the unit is 10-12°C warmer than room temperature, so it can help to take the chill of a cold workspace, but therefore costs more to run than a compressor dehumidifier.
- For cool spaces between 10°C and 16°C, you can choose between a large capacity compressor dehumidifier (20 or 25L) for lower running cost, or a desiccant dehumidifier for the added warmth. This is a trade-off depending on your requirements.
The Litres 8 litres in the name of this product refers to the potential water collection rate per day, rather than the water tank size.
The Meaco DD8L Zambezi features :
- Desiccant type dehumidifier
- Suitable for all sizes of houses, cellars, garages, boats or caravans.
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- Tank size: 3 litres with an anti-mould coating
- Digital display
- Fan speeds: 3
- Automatic Louvre
- Laundry mode and Laundry+ mode to save electricity
- Auto-restart
- On Timer: Between 1 and 12 hours
- Off Timer: Between 1 and 12 hours
- Daily Run Timer
- Child lock
- Sterilising Ioniser: Can be switched on and off
- Ionisation Rate: 6 x 105m³
- Ozone Rating: 0 - 0.0065ppm
- Filter type: Anti-bacterial dust filter
- Continuous drainage option (hose not included, requires 11 x 15mm hose)
- Variable humidistat: Between 40% RH and 70% RH (Relative Humidity)
- Max airflow: 85 / 105 / 150m³/hour depending on fan speed
- Noise level: 41 / 45 / 50 dB(A) depending on running mode
- Power supply: 220-240v 50Hz
- Power consumption at 20°C and 60% Relative Humidity: 351W
- Operating temperatures: 1°C - 37°C (recommended below 10-16°C)
- Weight: 8kg
- Dimensions: H 548 x W 358 x D 200 mm
| Extraction Rate Data |
Room conditions
Temperature (°C) and Relative Humidity (RH) |
Maximum
Water Withdrawal |
Wattage |
| 20 °C and 60 % RH - fan speed 1 |
3.9 litres per day |
351 watts |
| 20 °C and 60 % RH - fan speed 2 |
8.0 litres per day |
656 watts |
| 20 °C and 60 % RH - fan speed 3 |
8.3 litres per day |
661 watts |
| 10 °C and 60 % RH - fan speed 1 |
3.9 litres per day |
351 watts |
| 10 °C and 60 % RH - fan speed 2 |
6.6 litres per day |
656 watts |
| 10 °C and 60 % RH - fan speed 3 |
7.5 litres per day |
663 watts |
The Zambezi comes with a two-year parts warranty.
Using the dehumidifier in an environment with residual paint overspray may invalidate your warranty. So, ventilate the room fully before re-starting the dehumidifier, or purchase the MeacoDry Arete® One 25L (Compressor) Dehumidifier / Air Purifier with HEPA filter and heat the room to at least 10°C .
The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation
For every sale of a DD8L Zambezi, MEACO will donate £2 to the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation Elephant Orphanage in Zambia, which cares for elephants whose mothers have been killed by poachers. The DD8L Zambezi Dehumidifier is named after a young elephant at the orphanage.
