I doubt very seriously if it is that high.Yeah, I figured the addition of the dehumidifier would increase the bill by maybe 25 a month, in the most humid months….which is fine..
I’m really finding that I only need to run it when the AC is off…. So that’s not bad at all.
No matter what time of the year, when the girls in all three tents are fully raging in late veg and early flower, both the AC and the dehumidifier are running.
I clean the filter on the dehumidifier and the AC every Sunday and that seems to be a good schedule.
I still have a drain hole when I had the portable one pipe AC, but I don't use it with the dehumidifier.
As long as you keep that tank clean in the dehumidifier, that water is definitely usable. Now with you being chemical, it would certainly affect your feeding methods. Being organic, it's fine. I've never let any set out for any time and check the ph to see if it absorbed any CO2 to acidify it. Might be be interesting test for you to check. out