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Personal pet level is that it’s so hard to get information on the noise level of appliances.

We’ve recently moved, and our new house’s crawl space has a Santa Fe dehumidifier in it that seems SO LOUD at night. I don’t think it’s broken - it’s just a compressor and fan with no engineering put into keeping them quiet. If I could get one that was as efficient and well built, but I knew would be quiet, I’d replace it in a heartbeat - but manufacturers don’t advertise noise levels.

Surely I can’t be the only one who’d pay substantially more for an appliance that was guaranteed to be quiet?



>it’s so hard to get information on the noise level of appliances

It's super easy if you live in the European Union, thanks to the Energy Label [1] which is mandatory on every appliance.

[1] https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/ecodesign-and...


It says that’s ‘supplementary’ information that ‘can’ be provided. Is it actually done?




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