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At Pump Products, emptying the dehumidifier basin ranks right up there with pulling weeds and shoveling snow. In humid areas, many consumer-grade dehumidifiers can fill up in a day and become a pain to drain. The solution is to bypass the unit's collection pail by connecting a condensate pump. Pump Products has a large inventory of quality condensate pumps by Hartell, Hydromatic, Liberty, Myers and other leading manufacturers for use in dehumidifying applications. Our product experts recommend checking your unit for a pre-configured bypass outlet that is ready to be connected to a condensate unit. If you can't find one, you can drill a hole in the collection pail and connect it to a condensate pump in a few simple steps: 1. Make sure that you have access to at least two outlets with sufficient voltage to run both a dehumidifier and a condensate pump. Most condensate pumps are available in 115 volts or 230 volts. (more…)