So pretty much all units have some sort of caveat about high humidity situations as any air conditioner running where the interior space is up to 80% humidity is going to create a lot of condensation (more than the unit can handle). The issue is much worse in the saddle units as they need to pump the water back up and over the saddle to the outside, full size units just drain it into the bottom of the shell and hopefully you followed the instructions of ensuring the unit is tipped to the outside by 1/8-1/4-inch. In most cases if you're in the habit of leaving the unit running you are not going to have problems. But if you frequently open up the shop and flood it with high humidity 90+ degree air it's going to have problems keeping up when first starting (it's pulling many gallons of water from the air). In a shop if you really want to do it right and not worry about it, attach a small line to the drain hose port and drill a drain port to the outside. Any spare 1/2" PVC, vinyl, or even PEX would work fine. Either that or leave the drain plug open and add a potted plant to the shop under the window 😂
I've seen good things from Della as a newer brand. GE, LG, Honeywell, and Midea all are really good units. A lot of the others are mostly rebadged units made by other companies. The saddle units are really great and have a lot less impact due to heat loss around the sides and the case of the unit conducting heat through the window opening. Most of these are all inverter-based units so they have slow start, high efficiency multi-speed compressors, and a lot of them are full heat pumps. The days of having a simple big oil filled dumb compressor and two fans are over. Some people of course see that as a down-side, they are more complex, they are all computer controlled, and you can't just open them up and jury rig something if you needed to. However that complexity brings with it a lot more cooling, consistency, they run waay better at very high and low temperatures, and a lot less power is being wasted (enough to power to essentially pay for the unit).
Just put a drain hose in and run it outside! They pretty much had the disclaimer in the manual. Great video!!
So pretty much all units have some sort of caveat about high humidity situations as any air conditioner running where the interior space is up to 80% humidity is going to create a lot of condensation (more than the unit can handle). The issue is much worse in the saddle units as they need to pump the water back up and over the saddle to the outside, full size units just drain it into the bottom of the shell and hopefully you followed the instructions of ensuring the unit is tipped to the outside by 1/8-1/4-inch. In most cases if you're in the habit of leaving the unit running you are not going to have problems. But if you frequently open up the shop and flood it with high humidity 90+ degree air it's going to have problems keeping up when first starting (it's pulling many gallons of water from the air).
In a shop if you really want to do it right and not worry about it, attach a small line to the drain hose port and drill a drain port to the outside. Any spare 1/2" PVC, vinyl, or even PEX would work fine. Either that or leave the drain plug open and add a potted plant to the shop under the window 😂
I've seen good things from Della as a newer brand. GE, LG, Honeywell, and Midea all are really good units. A lot of the others are mostly rebadged units made by other companies. The saddle units are really great and have a lot less impact due to heat loss around the sides and the case of the unit conducting heat through the window opening. Most of these are all inverter-based units so they have slow start, high efficiency multi-speed compressors, and a lot of them are full heat pumps.
The days of having a simple big oil filled dumb compressor and two fans are over. Some people of course see that as a down-side, they are more complex, they are all computer controlled, and you can't just open them up and jury rig something if you needed to. However that complexity brings with it a lot more cooling, consistency, they run waay better at very high and low temperatures, and a lot less power is being wasted (enough to power to essentially pay for the unit).
Well said