Re: Dehumidifier challenge

The air is more humid when close to the floor and drier higher up. Feel your
floor I bet it feels a lot cooler than an object that is above the floor.
Damp air is always cooler lower and that is what kicks the dehumidifier on.


"blueman" <NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I am stumped by the behavior of my Whirlpool AD50USR dehumidifier.
>
> I have the dehumidifier mounted on a shelf in my basement with the
> drain flowing into the washing machine drain pipe.
>
> Everything worked fine until I took it down for a day to use in
> another room.
>
> When I put it back up, it still did all the usual
> fan blowing and cycling of the compressor, but the volume of water
> dripping into the container slowed by 90% or more.
>
> Interestingly, when I put it back down on the floor in the same
> basement room, it started working perfectly again.
>
> When I took another identical unit and put it on the shelf, it too
> slowed down markedly but worked perfectly again back on the floor.
>
> Note:
> 1. The shelf is perfectly level
> 2. There is reasonable ventillation on all sides (plus it did work
> before; also it works on the floor even when the ventillation there
> is artificially constricted even more than when on the shelf)
> 3. There is plenty of humidity in the room at all heights (plus if the
> humidity were too low at the higher height, the unit would have
> shut off)
> 4. The temperature of the exhaust air is about the same whether on the
> shelf or the ground, suggesting that the refrigerant is being
> compressed the same. When I removed the cover, the front coil felt
> cold though I did not compare the cold temperature in both cases.
> 5. The cycle time, the fan noise, the compressor noise, etc appear the
> same in both situations.
>
>
> About the only difference between the two setups is the height and the
> fact that when mounted on the shelf, the shelf slides under the unit
> between the wheels vs. the floor situation where it rides on the wheels
> directly (however, as stated before the unit is level in both
> situations).
>
> I am stumped, particularly, since it worked before but now neither
> unit works on the shelf and I can't think of anything that has
> changed?
>
> Is there anything subtle I could be missing or is my house just
> haunted :)?
>
> Thanks


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