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7 pagesDehumidifiersSump Pumps & BackupsLeak Detection & Shutoff
Buy the Santa Fe Compact70 if clearance is under 18 in., you want a MERV-13 filter and a 6-year warranty, and you can gravity-drain. Buy the AprilAire E080 if you have 20 in. or more, plan to duct the unit or mount a wall control upstairs, and want the better efficiency figure. Both are rated at 80°F/60%, both stall near 50°F, neither ships with a pump.
Buy the Santa Fe Compact70 if your crawl space is sealed or about to be, the clearance along the path from the hatch is under about 18 in., you can drain by gravity, and the footprint is under roughly 2,200 sq ft. Skip it if the crawl space is cold and vented and will stay that way (its floor is 49°F), if you need a condensate pump and a remote control in the box, or if the space is large or divided enough to need a ducted 90-to-100-pint unit.
Buy the AprilAire E080 if you have 20 in. or more of clearance and you plan to duct the unit, tie it into the house return, or put the humidistat on a wall upstairs; it ships with 10-in. collars and a backdraft damper, holds 135 CFM against 0.2 in. of static, and runs at 2.8 L/kWh with a 5-year warranty. Skip it if the crawl space is under 18 in., if it is cold and vented (the floor is 50°F), or if you want a pump and a remote in the box rather than on the order.
Buy the Zoeller M53 if you have a standard 18-in. pit, a lift of 12 ft or less, and a stopwatch test that shows inflow under about 30 GPM; it is a 3/10 HP cast iron pump that moves 2,040 GPH at 10 ft, and it is the pump we found still running in more old pits than any other. Skip it if your lift is 15 ft or more, if the pit takes water faster than 2,000 GPH in a storm, if the outlet is more than 6 ft from the pit rim (order the longer cord), or if you want a 5-year warranty, which Zoeller sells as the M63.
Buy the Moen Flo if your insurer names it, you want a valve body sized to your main, and you value Moen's sensor ecosystem. Buy Phyn Plus if you want pressure-wave micro-leak detection, an ultrasonic flow sensor with no moving parts and a two-year warranty with no subscription. Both close the main automatically, both need a plumber, and neither has battery backup.
Buy the Phyn Plus if you want the most sophisticated leak detection you can put on a residential main, a flow sensor with no moving parts, a two-year warranty and no subscription of any kind, and you are willing to pay more up front and buy pipe adapters. Skip it if your insurer names the Moen Flo, if you need shutoff during a power outage, or if the main cannot be cut.
Buy the Moen Flo if you own a house on a 3/4, 1 or 1-1/4-in main, you can get an outlet and 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi to the main line, and you want the whole-house shutoff that insurers recognize most widely. Skip it if you cannot cut the main, if you need the water to shut off during a power outage, or if a one-year base warranty on a device that lives in your supply line bothers you more than a monthly plan does.
