Hey there, Michael Church with Crawl Space Ninja, and I've got kind of a public announcement
about some dehumidifier recalls that I want to share with you.
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Okay, so for those of you who may not know, we always recommend that you get a really,
really, really good dehumidifier.
We always install the Aprilaire brand of dehumidifiers.
They've always had really good customer service and just perform very well.
But if you've got a smaller room or maybe a garage or something like that where you
want to go with maybe a 20 pint up to a 70 pint dehumidifier, you may have decided to
go to Home Depot or Lowe's or Walmart or someplace like that and pick up an inexpensive DHU.
I mean, who wouldn't?
Right?
But on September 12, 2013, there's a company named Gree Electric Appliances, and they are
a China-based company that produced dehumidifiers for many, many, many manufacturers out there.
And anywhere between 2005 and 2013 they have some models that they have recalled.
So I'm just going to briefly go through some of these models with you so that if you happen
to have one of these models or one of these brands, you'll be aware of it.
Now granted, 2013 was quite a ways ago.
Obviously 2005 was even longer.
So that thing may have stopped working and you got rid of it, but if for some reason
you are like some of my family members and you just keep them until they die, you may
want to check and make sure that the dehumidifier in your basement or in the garage or that
room, that laundry room, isn't one of these brands.
So let's get into it.
The first one we're going to talk about is made for Danby or Premiere.
Now keep in mind these are not made by Danby or Premiere.
They are made by Gree Electrical Appliances located in China.
This also applies to Canada as well.
So if you live in the United States or Canada, these brands may be in the area.
And the recall, I forgot to mention, is pretty serious.
The recall is they could cause fire.
That's right.
Dehumidifiers burning.
And if you Google dehumidifiers on fire, you'll see some of what I'm talking about or get
on YouTube and check out dehumidifiers on fire.
So these are some of those brands that you may want to make sure are not in your home
or office.
So we got the Danby, and what you're going to need is the model number.
Okay.
You're also going to need the brand name.
So Danby or Premiere.
The model numbers.
And here we've got the DDR3011, the 30P, the 4511, the 45P, the 6511, and the 65CHP.
So that is found on your label on the back of the dehumidifier.
So there's the model number there.
You're also going to need this code right here.
This is the date code.
All right.
So we're going to go through a few of these.
So if you've got a Danby or Premiere, make sure you get the model number and the date
code.
And I'll tell you what to do with that here in just a minute.
Here are a couple of other brands.
There's actually, let's see, six, nine, there's 11 brands total.
So let's go through this pretty quick.
So we've got Danby, Premiere, we got De'Longhi, SuperClima.
Don't know where this one's sold, but not here in Tennessee because they wouldn't be
able to pronounce it.
Hey, where's your De'Longhi SuperClima DHU's at man?
So anyway, this one's probably up in New England or California or something like that because
they know how to pronounce these big words.
But anyway, we got the DDSE series.
So again, the model number right up here, we've got, oh look at that, made in China,
right there.
Made in China, right there.
DDSE30, DDSE40, and DG50.
And again, you're going to want the date code.
All right.
So see if you can locate the date code on the dehumidifier.
I'm trying to find it on this piece of ... It's probably somewhere in this area.
Okay.
Oh, I'm sorry.
This one don't need a date code because all units are affected, so that's not a problem.
So if you have the DG50 or the DDS30 or the DDSE40, the date doesn't matter when it was
manufactured.
You need to get those taken care of quick.
So Fedders, this is another one.
Pretty popular.
All models affected, so date code doesn't matter.
We're looking at the FEDH-MAH030-C15 model and the 070-C15.
Now the 30 and the 70 I assume is the pints, so that would be a 30 pint or a 70 pint.
That's normally how that works.
Then we got the Fellini model.
Again, just two models affected there, the 13-06030 and 06031.
All units affected.
Then we've got the Frigidaire.
They manufacture their stuff in China as well.
That one does have a date code you're going to need.
A lot of different brands on Frigidaire.
This is what it looks like.
If you've got a DHU that looks similar to this ... remember these are between 2005 and
2013 so if you've got one manufactured after that date, according to them it's not a big
deal.
I'd probably check it out anyway.
I'll give you a consumer line that you can call down below in a link or check the video
at the end, and I'll post that up there.
So anyway, we got all the FDB series as well as the FDD, the FDF series, the FDLs and the
FDMs and the FDRs.
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt series is also under recall.
So again, look for the model number, which is right here and the date code.
Okay.
Huh.
That's weird.
For service, call Frigidaire.
They don't want you to call Frigidaire.
They want you to call this consumer line for this.
Here's a big popular brand.
GE.
General Electric has a ton of DHUs.
As a matter of fact, I'm going to have to, I think scroll ... No, I don't have to scroll
down on this one.
But there's a lot of the AD series, the AH series.
Again, model number, date of manufacture code, all units affected, model number, date of
manufacture code, and this is what that unit looks like right there.
Then let's get into the Gree.
Gree actually has their own brand, so this is the Gree model ... I wonder if all Gree
dehumidifiers are effected since they affected so many of the other brands, but there's Gree
there.
Here's their model numbers that are affected right through here.
And this is a scroll down situation.
So here's the date code right there and right there.
So your date code may look like this with a period, and then the, I believe this is
year and month versus month and year, so make sure you don't get confused by that.
Again, these are all the Gree model numbers here.
Too many to name.
Let's get into Kenmore.
All right.
Kenmore has some problems.
Man, look at this.
We got quite a few.
We got about, let's see, four, eight DHUs, models affected.
Tiny, tiny print can't even ... too small.
Then we got the manufacturer date right there.
Let's see.
Oh, that's the sample.
Anyway.
All right.
Then we got Norpole.
Hmm.
Never heard of Norpole before.
They only got one.
They only trusted Gree with one model that they had.
So there's that one and then all units affected.
So they did not list a date code.
Then we got the Seabreeze.
This is my favorite.
This one's probably sold a lot in Florida or the coastal area.
So we got to model numbers.
We got the DH450S, I believe, is in the DH470S.
All units affected.
Remember, fire and burning.
Okay.
Get these out of your house.
And finally the last one, I have actually seen these around town.
This is the, I can't even pronounce it.
Is it the SoleusAir I think is how you ... again, I'm from the south.
The SoleusAir.
Okay.
We got a couple of ... Man that looks like ... I don't ... I'm not sure what that is.
That's looks like a commercial dehumidifier.
That dude's pretty stout looking.
And then you've got the CFM models of the 25 and the 40E's.
Then you got this one.
This looks like a normal one.
You got the DP1 models.
All right.
Again, check the manufacturer, I guess this is the date code.
Oh my goodness.
Look at that date code.
That is weird.
Made in China, made in China.
There are date codes that start with an MD.
Then they got one that was so ugly they didn't want to put a picture of it.
The DP1 and 2 series.
There's their date codes by SoleusAir I think is how you say that.
Oh, look at that.
Powered by Gree.
Oh, I thought it was powered by electricity.
I didn't realize Gree was a power source now.
Then you got all these guys here.
I've seen these.
These are the models that I've seen around town.
A lot of them have a built-in condensate pump or they'll just catch it right down here.
Here's the GL-DEH models and all that.
Again, the date code real tiny at the bottom.
And we've got this one.
It looks like a standard ... the GM models and then we've got the SG models.
So SoleusAir really trusted Gree with all of their manufacturing.
They have the most.
You got the SG-DEH models all the way down through here.
So anyway, here is the number who you want to call.
You want to call 1-8 ... wait, affected Frigidaire units.
Enter the brand name, model number and date code.
Affected Frigidaire units is (866) 853-2802.
There is also another number.
This is the Gree dehumidifier recall number, which is (866) 853-2802 so I guess it's the
same for Gree and Frigidaire.
I apologize for doubling up on that number for you, but some of y'all missed it so you
needed it again.
But I'm also going to put a link.
It says there's a link below about you can select your brand name of dehumidifier, the
model number and the date code.
And of course, no one knows where most of this stuff is made, but you just want to make
sure you choose a dehumidifier company with a great track record.
And people make mistakes.
All right.
We've had DHUs that have messed up and gone bad and all that kind of stuff, and hopefully
good Lord willing, we'll never have an issue like that.
But if you got one of these dehumidifiers in your home, you need to get it recalled
and taken care of immediately.
I am Michael Church with Crawl Space Ninja, and I hope you make it a happy and blessed
day.
We'll see you later.