Try asking swimming pool experts, or go down to the local Home Depot or
similar store and ask them.  There's got to be algicides of various types on
the market.   Laura

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hale [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 11:49 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Dehumidifier Question
>
> Greetings!
>      Here is a question about dehumidifiers.  I have two dehumidifiers,
> running full blast, 24-7, in an 1858 log cabin.  There is growing, in the
> discharge pan, what appears to be green algae.  The pans drain out through
> plastic tubing that runs through the wall chinking into the flower beds
> outside.  Is there anything I can put in the discharge pans to kill the
> algae?
>
> John C. Hale II  ([log in to unmask])
> Archives Technician & Curator of the Log Cabin Medical Museum
> Scott and White Archives
> Scott and White Memorial Hospital and Scott, Sherwood and Brindley
> Foundation, Temple, Texas