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by jrmg 240 days ago
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?

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>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?