Dehumidifier in a Fish Room

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by mark

Outlet won't help but if you drew moist air from the room (inlet on your return air) it would condense on the A coil (just like your dehumidifier).

Pretty sure that's against building code

[MarkoD]

Anyone know if its possible to disable the heating coil in a dehumidifier?

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

Anyone know if its possible to disable the heating coil in a dehumidifier?

I think typically the heating is the side effect from cooling process. Just like an ac unit the process involved creates heat during the compressing stage. This heat has to go somewhere and for AC units it's exhausted outside, for dehumidifiers it's used to reheat the air. The air gets hotter due to the inefficiency of the process.

[xenon]

Originally Posted by sphelps

I think typically the heating is the side effect from cooling process. Just like an ac unit the process involved creates heat during the compressing stage. This heat has to go somewhere and for AC units it's exhausted outside, for dehumidifiers it's used to reheat the air. The air gets hotter due to the inefficiency of the process.

That is 100% correct.

[MarkoD]

Thanks for the reply. I had an exhaust fan setup in there(which is where the duct that goes outside is from) but it didn't seem to do much. Maybe I just need a more powerful fan

[MarkoD]

Anyone know where in edmonton I can get a 6" exhaust fan? A bathroom exhaust fan obviously won't cut it

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

Anyone know where in edmonton I can get a 6" exhaust fan? A bathroom exhaust fan obviously won't cut it

You could try Soper's Supply, they deal with all sorts of exhaust fans for both residential and commercial.

[MarkoD]

Thanks. I bought a 220 Cfm fan from Home Depot. Doesn't seem like much.

Should this be enought? I had a 70cfm bathroom fan on there before

[paddyob]

Marko you still living with your parents ? I can't recall.

If so it would help if people knew that modifying your parents house with something like HRV is prObably not going to happen.

My dehumidifier heats my room like crazy too. Crazy.