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J'ai un déshumidificateur # AD35GUSX. Je dois le ...

J'ai un déshumidificateur # AD35GUSX. Je dois le faire fonctionner dans mon sous-sol seulement l'été. Mais actuellement Il fonctionne continuellement sans récupérer l'eau de l'humidité de mon sous-sol. J'ai nettoyé le filtre à air. Mais ça n'a rien changé. Quel est le problème? Merci de vos conseils.

Asked by Pierre Prud'homme on 06/28/2014 1  Answer

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Rewarder User posted an answer 9 years, 9 months ago

5 Dehumidifiers have a fan to move air through the unit for three purposes. 1) Dehumidifying: To pass the air over the cold coils to condense the water vapor from the air. Common to all units. 2) Defrosting: When ice forms on the coils the compressor stops running, so the coils are no longer cooled, but the fan continues. The flow of air speeds up melting of the ice. Common to all units. 3) Sensing: When operation of the dehumidifier is being controlled by the humidistat (humidity sensor) the compressor stops operating when the programmed level of relative humidity is achieved. In order to sense any increase in relative humidity, and restart the compressor accordingly, the air must be sampled. To obtain the air sample the fan must operate to draw air into the unit. Some dehumidifiers achieve this by continuous fan operation. Others will sample the air by running the fan for a few minutes only, at intervals of an hour or so. The argument in favor of continuous fan operation is that the dehumidifier's response to a rise in relative humidity is more prompt and more precise. The fan circulates air through the room so, by operating continuously, it mixes the air, thereby evening out variations in relative humidity within the room and detecting a general increase more quickly. The arguments against are the one you have raised in your question, energy use, and noise, since the fan is the main contributor to dehumidifier noise levels. The question of a fire hazard is valid but the risk is only slightly greater than when the fan is not running continuously. The main causes of dehumidifier fires, which are rare, are restrictions of the air flow in and around the machine. These can be avoided by following the installation instructions, the safety advice and cleaning the air filter at the recommended intervals. With respect to energy use. The fan consumes power at a rate similar to a standard light bulb; the main energy hog is the compressor. The additional cost of continuous fan operation is offset by the more rapid response to changes in relative humidity, which reduces the time that the compressor is in operation. The main reason for choosing a dehumidifier with a fan that runs only while the unit is dehumidifying or defrosting is to reduce the noise nuisance. Having said that the choice is, of course, yours. If you are considering a portable home dehumidifier for use in a basement we recommend five brands. Of these The Alen and Winix models do not run the fan continuously, Danby, Frigidaire and GE models do run the fan continuously. If your basement is cool, below 65deg F, and you are looking for a purpose built basement dehumidifier there are models, even within the same brand, that do and do not have continuous fan operation. For example, the Santa Fe Classic's fan runs only while dehumidifying whereas the Santa Fe RX's fan runs continuously.
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