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Title: Almost burned my house down!
Review: We purchased this unit about 3 years ago to dehumidify my basement. It ran just fine for the first 2 years. During the third season of use, I noticed a strange smell in my basement near the end of the humid season. Just the other day I was moving this humidifier to its winter storage location and noticed the rug under the unit was burnt! Then I lifted up the unit and noticed the plastic on the bottom was all melted and black. It turns out after pulling everything apart it was the compressor getting very hot. So hot I could not touch it. The scary thing is, the dehumidifier still runs and removes moisture. Had it died all together, I would have known something was wrong, but as it stood, I had no idea there was an issue until I unplugged it and moved it away to see the burn in the rug. I guess I now know what the smell was in my basement. At any rate, I'm lucky I did not burn down my house! I'll be steering clear of Maytag for my next dehumidifier.
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