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Keep them clean if using in your engines    Mine runs nearly year round in the basement and gets all black and slimy inside the tank

I keep a piece of paper taped to mine with all the previous cleaning dates and it seems like I get about 3 months before the hose that runs to my sump basket is plugged with slime. Well this current dehumidifier is now 4 years old and I had to tear it apart for a full cleaning (took about 3 hours) as the water was no longer going into the tank or out the hose, but instead was running out onto the floor. I didn’t take a before picture, but this was what I was still getting after flushing it out a half a dozen times.

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