Problem with draining water through hose

I raised mine up on a platform about 6 inches, and now mine works fine. Don't know why this is necessary, but atleast it works now.

Lay it on its back and take a good look where the hose is supposed to connect. The hose end is easy but the other end may have to be firmly inserted and maybe electrical tape secured so that the sensor " knows" water can flow from the compressor to the drain.

I bought one of the FDL70S1 Frigidaire dehumidifiers today for my shop, and found that the $5 hose I bought to drain it through the floor wouldn't tighten down completely, allowing the hose to twist and wobble, a sure indication that it was not water tight. Simply adding a second washer, as described in another answer here, allowed me to tighten the hose sufficiently to produce a tight fit with no play between the hose and the dehumidifier. It hasn't leaked. I know it is a threads-per-inch issue, and I am stumped as to why Frigidaire would supply these units with a different thread pitch than the standard GHT (garden hose thread) 3/4" - 11.5 tpi. The threads on the unit appear to be 3/4 NPS - 14 tpi. Go figure!

I had the same problem, but I solved it by applying a considerable amount of Teflon tape to the male hose connection on the humidifier and slowly tightening the hose onto that connection. I don't know if this was a threads-per-inch problem or not, but this solved the problem of water leaking into the bucket.

The connection within the humidifier is too small for the plastic pipte extension. Wrap the end of the connection within the humidifier with teflon tape a couple times and then push the plastic tube back onto the humidifier. If it slips on easily, add a couple more layers of teflon tape until the connection is snug. My humidifier came with a sticky tape that came off the connection the first time I pushed the pipe on. I didn't realize it until I had your leaking problems. Raising the humidifier a little above ground level also helps the water feed into the hose.

This is a manufacturer defect in this unit ... there are not enough threads to tighten the hose washer against the unit. Add a second hose washer and tighten ... it will work fine. You need two hose washers.

I suspect that the threads-per-inch of the Frigidaire dehumidifier's hose connection is different (threads closer together) than a standard garden hose. My mother is having the same problem - I don't have the dehumidifier with me and can't confirm by measuring, but when I hooked up a hose to hers, this seemed to be the problem. The upshot is that you'd need a nonstandard connector to connect a hose, or an adapter that connects the nonstandard threads on the Frigidaire with the more widely spaced threads on a standard garden hose.

Please check this out and see if it solves the problem.

I recently bought one of these from Lowe's myself, and bought the 25 pint dehumidifier, because it claimed to be able to accept a hose for constant draining. Well, when the manufacturer also sells larger capacity units, it's not in their best interests to make the  smallest unit drain an unlimited amount. The main problem is where the hose connector is situated. It's in such a tight, cramped space that you immediately feel like, " I should just get the larger capacity unit." Well, after emptying the draining tank several times---despite the attached hose---I finally decided that the problem is that you can't get a good, tight hose connection because there's not enough room to tighten the hose onto the threaded connector.
I realize that the hose was getting some of the water, but anything that dripped quickly filled up the 25 pint tank.
You either need to extend the point of connection to outside the dehumidifier, or find a hose connection that you can use a wrench on to tighten it. I'm trying a slightly different method. I found something at the hardware store that has a standard hose connection at one end, and the other end is a smaller threaded tip. I forced it into the humidifier's draining connector, and was able to attach a hose to the other end.
So far it's working. My next step would be to maybe attach a  PVC pipe that would fit inside that internal connection point, and  make it long enough to reach the outside of the dehumidifer. Then, attach a hose connector to that, then the hose. This can all be done using PVC purple glue, and the parts are in the plumbing section for just a few bucks. Better than spending  a hundred or so extra for a bigger unit.

Make sure there is not a plastic disk blocking the drain hole that needs to be removed.