I’m 36 and I was staring at our dehumidifier, which has been wondrous, realizing I had no idea how it worked. This was such an easy and fantastic explanation. Thanks!
Thank you, Zach. I'm now educated on how A/C and dehumidifiers work. The next thing I need to know is how to choose a humidifier for a 700' condo in south Florida!
The freon after it has gone through the cold coil then is dumped into the compressor can where it absorbs the heat from the compressor motor, when it is running. When it is off the compressor gets rather warm. The issue with the newer cheap dehumidifiers is that the compressor is all sealed up, no ventilation to allow for convective cooling. Unlike a refrigerator, chest freezer, window air conditioner, portable air conditioner, water coolers or central air conditioner where the compressor is out in the open allowing for convective cooling. I have a GE brand dehumidifier & I notice the room getting quite warm as it lowers the humidity level. Which is why it was shipped back to Amazon from another customer.
Excellent explanation! I'm working on a water generator unit with Solar and Wind power... this is helpful. I would replace the refrigerant with a peltier module to do the "cooling" part and save all that compressor issue. Still working on it...
So what you're saying is, I can buy a box reverse cycle air-conditioner and turn it into a dehumidifier when needed and back to a reverse cycle air-conditioner when heating or cooling is needed... Great! Thanks for this video to explain all this :)
Awesome video. I have the same dehumidfier but mine is frosting up around the evaporating coil 2-3x the size of the coil and the ice melts but does not drain in the bowl, just goes straight down and leaks under the unit. Once again awesome video. Subscribed!!!
wow somebody actually describes the process well most people get it completely wrong .I see so many people thinking the compressor puts out cold freon liquid rather than hot gas the only thing i would add is the heat from compressor actually makes air warmer coming out then when it went in through the condensing coil getting rid of the compressor heat
Actually in addition to the compressor getting hot, the air coming out of the dehumidifier is about 10-15°F warmer than ambient temperature due to the release of latent heat. Evaporation absorbs latent heat energy, thus cooling things down. Therefore condensation, which is the opposite and what ends up dripping in the tank, releases it, thereby causing the temperature of a small room to rise significantly when running a dehumidifier. The effect on sensible heat energy (temperature) by the release of latent heat energy is about 970 BTU/lb of water collected in the tank. The heat produced by the compressor, and less so the fans is about 3400 BTU/kWh. If a dehumidifier removes 1 lb of water in one hour and pulls 400 W. (That’s 0.4 kWh). 3400 X 0.4. So there’s about 1,360 BTU of sensible heat from the compressor and fans and 970 BTU from latent heat release. In this case 41% of the sensible heat produced is actually from latent heat release.
I wish the exhaust temperatures were the same! I have yet to fine a dehumidifier the has the same entry temperature as them exit temperature. If you find one let me know!
Awesom job explaining how a dehumidifier works. Last one we had stopped working, we moved, and I had to repurchase another one to help keep basement humidity low. Since we've had hot days and been running our heat pump, the humidity has jumped to 65'ish%. Would rather have it between 45-55%. Wasn't expecting the heat from the dehumidifier to warm our comfortable 69°/70° room to 77°! Unit has a Set setting, along with Continuous and Max. How is the exhaust (warm/cold) going to be during each of those settings? Which will keep humidity set at a specific % and limit heat? Thanks, in advance. Loved that you included a real-like example of the frosting of the coils and the melting of the ice.
I have an idea, take the air conditioning unit from a old car. Run three fans on it. One for the compressor and hot coil. To blow heat. Separated by a insulated wall that holds another fan system to blow cold air/ keep drinks cold. Separate the drink compartment from the cold coil to allow the dehumidifier to act as a water generator for the car... this gives several benefits, a mild heat source when engine is off, cold storage, and water collection for the house... add a charge controller onto the orginal battery and run that to another seperate 12v marine battery with a decent reserve capacity. Or an entire battery bank if you want to go the extra mile. Add in a wind turbine to your car system and boom mobile power and water generator for simply running your car as you would anyhow (food delivery and commercial industries are missing out!!). Total cost would be miniscule. As low as 20 for the charge controller, 160 per battery, 50 for the inverter, 30-50 for the coils, and 0-150 for the air conditioning unit... another side note consider running the water reservoir to the underneath the hood, thermosyphoning the water for extra heat and hot water on the go. Plus water running under the hood will be smart to run alongside the heat system coils. Allowing additional cooling to the engine compartment and increased free heat and hot water to the system
Ive always wanted to make an air-conditioner out of one of these just for fun just to see if it can be done. Place the warm coil on one side of a wall with a fan blowing out, and place the cool side on the other side of the wall with a fan blowing in, with a drainage tube for water of course. Seems feasible.
@@ZachFields Im building a travel camper and dont really want to install an ac unit in the roof and dont really want a mini split (although that may end up being the best solution), but Id really like to build my own sort of heatpump with reversing valve using a fridge compressor or something smaller. I know they sell smaller compressors. But I could grab a vehicle fan shroud and an electric automotive fan for both exhausting the hot side, and another one to act as the blower for the cold side. I mostly just think it would be a fun project but I dont have any hvac experience so Im intimidated
So I technically you could make a 12v-24v dehumidifier by just swapping out the compressor for a boat refrigerator compressor. My goal is to design one that uses the least energy but pumps out the most water so it can run from solar power. So I guess it would have to turn off after icing at 3 quarters of the way for the most water without damage. The knowledge of what the internals do is extremely helpful. With some solid state fans it could run with very little electricity in a slim case too.
Nice video Zack thanks for showing the internal workings. I noticed my machine it seems to be dripping the parts at the edges for the copper coil winds around. Is that normal? I mean the part that's not covered by the aluminum fins. Also I noticed something strange in my collection bucket the water that comes out has this sort of blackish grayish residue when I pour out the water. I cleaned the bucket but it seems to be coming from the inside of the machine because I can see it on top of the drip tray where the hole is. It wipes off relatively easily with a paper towel and it almost seems more of like a sort of a graphite than it does actually seem like mold but I guess it could be some type of mold. I've had a few other dehumidifiers and they don't seem to have the same problem that this one does so I guess I need to open it up and give it sort of a deep cleaning but I'm not really mechanically inclined so I'm a little hesitant to get too far into it. I'm ready to open it up the next time the bucket is full and see if I can get some extra gunk out behind behind beyond what the filter is
Very good explanation So if I have a dehumidifier and I bypass the air after it passes over the cooling coil and force back into the room And if I add an additional fan to draw outside air over the hot coil , and then exhaust it back outside , I would then cool the room and have an a/c ?
Great explanation. Me being novice and wanting to learn it leads me to a questions. Is there not a way to cool the air without using a compressor, bc there is heat made by compressor as well as it increased the temp of "coolant" to 200degrees in the example. Does it have to be liquid in order to disperse the coolant at a cold temperature? Is there no way to have a coolant that sits below room temp in a natural state and cycle that in front of the coils/fan to cool the air? Another question would be. Are there any systems that r designed in such a way that the would essentially put the Warn-Liquid compressor coil 'under' the Liquid misting cooling coil, which would drizzle the icey cold water, over the Warm coils to lower the temperature a tad, but keep coolant a liquid, but utilize the off-heat better. I know it sounds like the ramblings of a madman but my mind wanders when it's trying to figure things out.
Thanks you for your nice video, I have this kind of unit and wonder how the defrost mode kick in ? - cos I have look inside and there is only one PT sensor for checking the temp. when it get to cold, is the sensor both for shout of compressor when it get to cold AND for detecting that it need defrost ? - I have a woods model 10
How do small dehumidifiers work then? Ive taken one apart and theres no compressor or coils. Just some sensors, computer parts, a fan and a metal plate
Perhaps it only uses the cooling to condense the water onto the plate? Similar to the cold water bottle reference in the video. Or maybe it's one of those thermoelectric generators that produces a temperature difference on either side of a metal to condense the water? I'm no expert but I think you raised a great point.
Fantastic video mate. Can a dehumidifier placed in the hallway work for multiple rooms whose rooms are open and connected to the hallway? Will it work that way? Assuming the four or five connected rooms are ranging from 8 to 16 sq.m and it can dehumidify multiple rooms at the same, how large a dehumidifier do I need?
My humidifier coils don't get hot or cold and will not collect any water.. the works and capacitor is brand new.. I can feel the compressor turn on but it gets really hot .. does it need a refrigerant recharge ..?? Or is my compressor bad .. ??
Great video. I have the fan working and air blowing but the compressor not heating up and checked the capacitor which as no power. The capacitor has 4.7uf 380vac. Will 6uf 400vac work?
You said the temp of the air going in to the dehumidifier is similar to the temp of air coming out. My dehumidifier is blowing 15F hotter so air coming in at 75 is leaving at 90. Is that a defective dehumidifier? Its heating my house too much
Is it important for effectively dehumidifying that the cold and hot coils are right next to each other? I tried using a mobile AC unit on the dry setting (without the exhaust hose attached), it just heats the room but collects barely any water.
I think it's due to the fact that the hot air is expelled outside and not inside like a portable dehumidifier. I have, but don't use, a portable AC, and wondered the exact same thing. AC and Dehumidifier seemed like the same thing.
Cab you fix a dehumidifier, I have one that is showinhg Er code 1 which basically the compressor doesn't turn on. The fan works. I was told this may be a senor gone bad.
Guys, what if everything kicks in and works, but the compressor never heats... It's always cool, and the unit catches nothing... I have two identical dehumidifiers, both working, but one with compressor that heats up working normally, the other with the cold compressor not collecting water (even though everything is working) ... Any help will be appreciated, as I'm running out of ideas hete
This is a really great explanation. So this gives me an idea; maybe you could weigh in on it? In RVs and Vanlife, how to heat during the winter is often a tough decision. One of the heaters is a catalytic heater that uses propane. This has the advantage of being quiet, safe(ish), and energy efficient. The major drawback is that a byproduct of the process creates moisture, and in a smaller space this can get pretty uncomfortable. The solution is to provide enough outside air exchange to let fresh air in and moist air out, but obviously that's an inefficiency. So my question: based on how a dehumidifier works, does this mean I could essentially duct cold air from outside the RV through a pipe with fins and then back out again, and it would dehumidify the air? Or even have some kind of antifreeze stored outsidepiped through a copper baseboard contraption? Since this would also cool the RV a little, would this be less efficient than exchanging air?
@razordu30 Brilliant idea! I've run into this same scenario on short weekend car camping trips. A few things that come to mind with this setup is that there would need to be a high exchange rate of air moving through that duct (as you mentioned), but also a high air flow across the inside coil. My guess would be that in order for this to work, the temps outside would have to be well below freezing. The thing about a dehumidifier is that there is no net thermal gain or loss across the coils. There is a net thermal gain in heat from the motor. With the setup you mentioned there IS a net loss in temp. That said, however, the only energy consumption is that of a few fans. Again, the lower the outside temperature the more efficient it would be but also the greater the need. There would be some bugs to work out, but you may well be onto something here. When running those catalytic heaters, is there a need for fresh air exchange to replenish oxygen?
What is the grills are made out from? I got a new dehumidifier and strapped on an 3M particulate air filer on it and am thinking to UV sterilize the water and drink it, as I do not trust the tap water. You think there would be a lot of heavy metals leaching into the water. My ppm meter measure 19ppm but I dont know of what. Any help will be appreciated
Do dehumifers kill mold spores or do they just stop new mold appearing I have mold in my bedroom and I use dehumifers also are small dehumifers ideal for a small bedroom or should I use large or medium dehumifers also do dehumifers work and are they worth using
I’m sorry, that sucks! I don’t believe dehumidifiers will kill mold spores. They will just lower the humidity to a level that makes it difficult for mold to grow. That will be important over the long run. In the meantime, killing mold where you see it with various cleaners is helpful, as well as using an air filter or good filter insert for your HVAC (air conditioner) system, if you are having allergies to the mold.
If your small dehumidifier is not keeping the mold down the you should consider getting a nother small one or a window AC you can also make a dehumidifier, There are other way to purify the air too (search RUclips).
hello ... do we know how mutx temp.gos out of compressor and for example 65c... and how mutc is the low temp for example 12c .... i have one with 407 and i dont know the kg .. thanks!!!!
I’m 36 and I was staring at our dehumidifier, which has been wondrous, realizing I had no idea how it worked. This was such an easy and fantastic explanation. Thanks!
You are gifted at explaining how things work. Keep up the good work. Coming from a Hvac technician.
Great video and explanations I personally just purchased my first dehumidifying unit didn't know how it works this video was very helpful
Thank you, Zach. I'm now educated on how A/C and dehumidifiers work. The next thing I need to know is how to choose a humidifier for a 700' condo in south Florida!
Couldn't have asked for a better explanation than this! Thanks!
Best explanation of how dehumidifiers work on the Internet I found. Nice job and thanks for spreading your knowledge sir.
Dude this video is amazing! Thank you so much, I work with these all day and you really helped me out.
Subscribed!
Wow. Just wow. This was amazingly produced. I’m in awe. Amazing job.
I have always wanted to know how one of these works. Thank you!
Thanks for the educational video. Never owned one of these but now that I understand it's basic functions, I'm going to buy one now.
Wow, Simple enough to understand and yet still thorough to have a grasp of the underlying principles and processes. Amazing explanation!
The explanation of the A/C system was very good.
The freon after it has gone through the cold coil then is dumped into the compressor can where it absorbs the heat from the compressor motor, when it is running. When it is off the compressor gets rather warm.
The issue with the newer cheap dehumidifiers is that the compressor is all sealed up, no ventilation to allow for convective cooling. Unlike a refrigerator, chest freezer, window air conditioner, portable air conditioner, water coolers or central air conditioner where the compressor is out in the open allowing for convective cooling.
I have a GE brand dehumidifier & I notice the room getting quite warm as it lowers the humidity level. Which is why it was shipped back to Amazon from another customer.
Excellent explanation! I'm working on a water generator unit with Solar and Wind power... this is helpful. I would replace the refrigerant with a peltier module to do the "cooling" part and save all that compressor issue. Still working on it...
So what you're saying is, I can buy a box reverse cycle air-conditioner and turn it into a dehumidifier when needed and back to a reverse cycle air-conditioner when heating or cooling is needed... Great! Thanks for this video to explain all this :)
Great explanation for how this works! Other videos made it overly complicated. Thank you.
That diagram and explainer of the heat pump cycle is probably the best and most concise I've ever seen. Nice work.
I agree completely
Awesome video. I have the same dehumidfier but mine is frosting up around the evaporating coil 2-3x the size of the coil and the ice melts but does not drain in the bowl, just goes straight down and leaks under the unit. Once again awesome video. Subscribed!!!
Perfect explanation. Answer all the questions I have.
Great explanation. Love it.
Quick and simple, thank you so much.
Keep the good work :)
Zach you are so awesome! I thought I would try to fix this dehumifier before I threw it out and you helped me fix it! Thanks so much!
You're welcome!!
Best explantation ever. Thank you very much!!!
💯% I used to wonder why dehumidifiers don't cool the room until today
wow somebody actually describes the process well most people get it completely wrong .I see so many people thinking the compressor puts out cold freon liquid rather than hot gas
the only thing i would add is the heat from compressor actually makes air warmer coming out then when it went in through the condensing coil getting rid of the compressor heat
humans are so amazing in the creations they create. All praise be to allah.
thank you man,, explains so well,
Actually in addition to the compressor getting hot, the air coming out of the dehumidifier is about 10-15°F warmer than ambient temperature due to the release of latent heat. Evaporation absorbs latent heat energy, thus cooling things down. Therefore condensation, which is the opposite and what ends up dripping in the tank, releases it, thereby causing the temperature of a small room to rise significantly when running a dehumidifier.
The effect on sensible heat energy (temperature) by the release of latent heat energy is about 970 BTU/lb of water collected in the tank. The heat produced by the compressor, and less so the fans is about 3400 BTU/kWh. If a dehumidifier removes 1 lb of water in one hour and pulls 400 W. (That’s 0.4 kWh). 3400 X 0.4. So there’s about 1,360 BTU of sensible heat from the compressor and fans and 970 BTU from latent heat release. In this case 41% of the sensible heat produced is actually from latent heat release.
You are a great teacher
Explained clearly.... thanks.
Excellent! Thanks for the great explanation and drawing.
Pretty cool Zach, thanks for the explanation!
Great breakdown of how the system works!
This is such a good explanation, thank you for this video
I wish the exhaust temperatures were the same! I have yet to fine a dehumidifier the has the same entry temperature as them exit temperature. If you find one let me know!
Excellent, you should be a teacher. Am 70 yrs. old, auto-mechanic 40 years.
That’s that warm air that’s coming out of your dehumidifier coming off the compressor.
Awesome explanation 👏
This is a great video. Thank you!
Great explanation, if I say so myself.
Thank you so much Zach I love this video and your explanation I want to build it from scratch with an arduino
Thats explain it much better than my instructor.
Awesom job explaining how a dehumidifier works. Last one we had stopped working, we moved, and I had to repurchase another one to help keep basement humidity low. Since we've had hot days and been running our heat pump, the humidity has jumped to 65'ish%. Would rather have it between 45-55%. Wasn't expecting the heat from the dehumidifier to warm our comfortable 69°/70° room to 77°! Unit has a Set setting, along with Continuous and Max. How is the exhaust (warm/cold) going to be during each of those settings? Which will keep humidity set at a specific % and limit heat? Thanks, in advance. Loved that you included a real-like example of the frosting of the coils and the melting of the ice.
GJ keeping your face atraight when you said "but down in the bottom its puttin it out"
Great explanation! Thanks for the helpful video.
well explained thanks
I have an idea, take the air conditioning unit from a old car. Run three fans on it. One for the compressor and hot coil. To blow heat. Separated by a insulated wall that holds another fan system to blow cold air/ keep drinks cold. Separate the drink compartment from the cold coil to allow the dehumidifier to act as a water generator for the car... this gives several benefits, a mild heat source when engine is off, cold storage, and water collection for the house... add a charge controller onto the orginal battery and run that to another seperate 12v marine battery with a decent reserve capacity. Or an entire battery bank if you want to go the extra mile. Add in a wind turbine to your car system and boom mobile power and water generator for simply running your car as you would anyhow (food delivery and commercial industries are missing out!!). Total cost would be miniscule. As low as 20 for the charge controller, 160 per battery, 50 for the inverter, 30-50 for the coils, and 0-150 for the air conditioning unit... another side note consider running the water reservoir to the underneath the hood, thermosyphoning the water for extra heat and hot water on the go. Plus water running under the hood will be smart to run alongside the heat system coils. Allowing additional cooling to the engine compartment and increased free heat and hot water to the system
Cool beans! That was a good explaination. Thank you!
Ive always wanted to make an air-conditioner out of one of these just for fun just to see if it can be done. Place the warm coil on one side of a wall with a fan blowing out, and place the cool side on the other side of the wall with a fan blowing in, with a drainage tube for water of course. Seems feasible.
That would be cool!
@@ZachFields Im building a travel camper and dont really want to install an ac unit in the roof and dont really want a mini split (although that may end up being the best solution), but Id really like to build my own sort of heatpump with reversing valve using a fridge compressor or something smaller. I know they sell smaller compressors. But I could grab a vehicle fan shroud and an electric automotive fan for both exhausting the hot side, and another one to act as the blower for the cold side. I mostly just think it would be a fun project but I dont have any hvac experience so Im intimidated
So I technically you could make a 12v-24v dehumidifier by just swapping out the compressor for a boat refrigerator compressor. My goal is to design one that uses the least energy but pumps out the most water so it can run from solar power. So I guess it would have to turn off after icing at 3 quarters of the way for the most water without damage. The knowledge of what the internals do is extremely helpful. With some solid state fans it could run with very little electricity in a slim case too.
Good job sir. Keep it up. Enjoyed the video
Nice video Zack thanks for showing the internal workings. I noticed my machine it seems to be dripping the parts at the edges for the copper coil winds around. Is that normal? I mean the part that's not covered by the aluminum fins. Also I noticed something strange in my collection bucket the water that comes out has this sort of blackish grayish residue when I pour out the water. I cleaned the bucket but it seems to be coming from the inside of the machine because I can see it on top of the drip tray where the hole is. It wipes off relatively easily with a paper towel and it almost seems more of like a sort of a graphite than it does actually seem like mold but I guess it could be some type of mold. I've had a few other dehumidifiers and they don't seem to have the same problem that this one does so I guess I need to open it up and give it sort of a deep cleaning but I'm not really mechanically inclined so I'm a little hesitant to get too far into it. I'm ready to open it up the next time the bucket is full and see if I can get some extra gunk out behind behind beyond what the filter is
How hot does the compressor usually get? The one I had was almost too hot to touch after running for 2 hours, was wondering if thats normal
This deserves a sub and thumbs up 🎉
Very good explanation
So if I have a dehumidifier and I bypass the air after it passes over the cooling coil and force back into the room
And if I add an additional fan to draw outside air over the hot coil , and then exhaust it back outside , I would then cool the room and have an a/c ?
Temp coming out of a dehumidifier is always warmer than the air going in. Always.
Thanks for this information
great video! My question is; why does my AC cool my room faster on the dehumidifier setting as opposed to temp?
Awesome. Thank you.
Great video. Thanks. But how do you clean the gunk out that collects in between the two coils?
Great explanation.
Me being novice and wanting to learn it leads me to a questions.
Is there not a way to cool the air without using a compressor, bc there is heat made by compressor as well as it increased the temp of "coolant" to 200degrees in the example.
Does it have to be liquid in order to disperse the coolant at a cold temperature?
Is there no way to have a coolant that sits below room temp in a natural state and cycle that in front of the coils/fan to cool the air?
Another question would be.
Are there any systems that r designed in such a way that the would essentially put the Warn-Liquid compressor coil 'under' the Liquid misting cooling coil, which would drizzle the icey cold water, over the Warm coils to lower the temperature a tad, but keep coolant a liquid, but utilize the off-heat better. I know it sounds like the ramblings of a madman but my mind wanders when it's trying to figure things out.
Thanks you for your nice video, I have this kind of unit and wonder how the defrost mode kick in ? - cos I have look inside and there is only one PT sensor for checking the temp. when it get to cold, is the sensor both for shout of compressor when it get to cold AND for detecting that it need defrost ? - I have a woods model 10
Very helpful.
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very good video thank you
How do small dehumidifiers work then? Ive taken one apart and theres no compressor or coils. Just some sensors, computer parts, a fan and a metal plate
Perhaps it only uses the cooling to condense the water onto the plate? Similar to the cold water bottle reference in the video. Or maybe it's one of those thermoelectric generators that produces a temperature difference on either side of a metal to condense the water?
I'm no expert but I think you raised a great point.
When I add a drain hose to drain the water as opposed to have the water fall into the bucket, what causes the water to drain into the hose
Fantastic video mate. Can a dehumidifier placed in the hallway work for multiple rooms whose rooms are open and connected to the hallway? Will it work that way? Assuming the four or five connected rooms are ranging from 8 to 16 sq.m and it can dehumidify multiple rooms at the same, how large a dehumidifier do I need?
Really clear thanks
My humidifier coils don't get hot or cold and will not collect any water.. the works and capacitor is brand new.. I can feel the compressor turn on but it gets really hot .. does it need a refrigerant recharge ..?? Or is my compressor bad .. ??
Good video👍
Great video. I have the fan working and air blowing but the compressor not heating up and checked the capacitor which as no power. The capacitor has 4.7uf 380vac. Will 6uf 400vac work?
How does the dry mode work on a split AC system?
How is the refrigerant gad at 80 degrees and liquid at 100 degrees?
You said the temp of the air going in to the dehumidifier is similar to the temp of air coming out. My dehumidifier is blowing 15F hotter so air coming in at 75 is leaving at 90. Is that a defective dehumidifier? Its heating my house too much
I use solar panels. Which system requires the least amount of watts, compressor or desiccant?
Is it important for effectively dehumidifying that the cold and hot coils are right next to each other? I tried using a mobile AC unit on the dry setting (without the exhaust hose attached), it just heats the room but collects barely any water.
How come when I set my air conditioner today humidification then it spits out cold air?
I think it's due to the fact that the hot air is expelled outside and not inside like a portable dehumidifier. I have, but don't use, a portable AC, and wondered the exact same thing. AC and Dehumidifier seemed like the same thing.
Awesome..keep it up
How about the portable ac thay has dehumidifier, works the same right?
Very helpful video. How do you test/repair the excessive frost switch function? My Frigidaire FFAD7033R1A runs the compressor too long.
if not using a drain hose, does a cap need to be placed over the orifice provided for a drain hose
My job is to test gas humidifier so how I can make it run to test humidifier in shop any idea thanks
Brilliant explanation, thanks so much for this! Next, maybe work on your drawing skills a little (joke).
can i convert my Dehumidifier to a portable ac . i have frigidare Dehumidifier FD30E.give me idea and ill convert it
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Cab you fix a dehumidifier, I have one that is showinhg Er code 1 which basically the compressor doesn't turn on. The fan works. I was told this may be a senor gone bad.
This is a lgr dehumidifier pretty much but smaller scale right?
What if the frost doesn't melt away ? Mine has a big round bunch of frost that is 1" thick out the back side and it never seems to be gone.
Guys, what if everything kicks in and works, but the compressor never heats... It's always cool, and the unit catches nothing...
I have two identical dehumidifiers, both working, but one with compressor that heats up working normally, the other with the cold compressor not collecting water (even though everything is working) ...
Any help will be appreciated, as I'm running out of ideas hete
This is a really great explanation. So this gives me an idea; maybe you could weigh in on it?
In RVs and Vanlife, how to heat during the winter is often a tough decision. One of the heaters is a catalytic heater that uses propane. This has the advantage of being quiet, safe(ish), and energy efficient. The major drawback is that a byproduct of the process creates moisture, and in a smaller space this can get pretty uncomfortable. The solution is to provide enough outside air exchange to let fresh air in and moist air out, but obviously that's an inefficiency.
So my question: based on how a dehumidifier works, does this mean I could essentially duct cold air from outside the RV through a pipe with fins and then back out again, and it would dehumidify the air? Or even have some kind of antifreeze stored outsidepiped through a copper baseboard contraption? Since this would also cool the RV a little, would this be less efficient than exchanging air?
@razordu30
Brilliant idea! I've run into this same scenario on short weekend car camping trips. A few things that come to mind with this setup is that there would need to be a high exchange rate of air moving through that duct (as you mentioned), but also a high air flow across the inside coil. My guess would be that in order for this to work, the temps outside would have to be well below freezing.
The thing about a dehumidifier is that there is no net thermal gain or loss across the coils. There is a net thermal gain in heat from the motor. With the setup you mentioned there IS a net loss in temp. That said, however, the only energy consumption is that of a few fans. Again, the lower the outside temperature the more efficient it would be but also the greater the need.
There would be some bugs to work out, but you may well be onto something here. When running those catalytic heaters, is there a need for fresh air exchange to replenish oxygen?
Can I convert my dehumidifier to an air conditioning system? Pls 😊
I can't beat entropy
Could you explain what is the EC error code in a dehumidifier? and how we can fix it?
Is there a way to convert a window mounted AC into a dehumidifier?
So if a dehumidifier is running but not making any water what would be the problem?
Are you sure the refrigerant coming back to compressor is 80F? I thought it’d be around 50-55
What is the grills are made out from? I got a new dehumidifier and strapped on an 3M particulate air filer on it and am thinking to UV sterilize the water and drink it, as I do not trust the tap water. You think there would be a lot of heavy metals leaching into the water. My ppm meter measure 19ppm but I dont know of what. Any help will be appreciated
Do dehumifers kill mold spores or do they just stop new mold appearing I have mold in my bedroom and I use dehumifers also are small dehumifers ideal for a small bedroom or should I use large or medium dehumifers also do dehumifers work and are they worth using
I’m sorry, that sucks! I don’t believe dehumidifiers will kill mold spores. They will just lower the humidity to a level that makes it difficult for mold to grow. That will be important over the long run. In the meantime, killing mold where you see it with various cleaners is helpful, as well as using an air filter or good filter insert for your HVAC (air conditioner) system, if you are having allergies to the mold.
If your small dehumidifier is not keeping the mold down the you should consider getting a nother small one or a window AC you can also make a dehumidifier, There are other way to purify the air too (search RUclips).
hello ...
do we know how mutx temp.gos out of compressor and for example 65c... and how mutc is the low temp for example 12c .... i have one with 407 and i dont know the kg ..
thanks!!!!