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Posted by Art on June 30, 2005, 8:11 pm
get a 70 pint Kenmore low temp unit. Very efficient energy wise. Hold on
to your paperwork because they have a 5 year sealed system waranty and it
will probably fail in a year or 2 and they will give you a new one. I
haven't tried it yet but looking at the receipt for the new one it seems to
come with a new 5 year sealed system warranty so at this rate I should be
set for life.
>I returned a Friedrich 40 pint electronic dehumidifier because it had the
>tendency to cycle too much. I got a 2nd Friedrich unit (same model) and it
>has the same issue. Like the Kenmoore and Goldstar units, this is made in
>China by LG electronics. This 40 pint electronic unit seems to have a rule
>where the unit MUST frequently turn itself on for 2 minutes at a time to
>measure the humidity, AND during this period the compressor IS turned on.
>For example, if the relative humidity is only in the 40s or 50s (according
>to digital hygrometers) , and I set the humidistat all the way up to 70%,
>the unit repeatedly cycles. It goes on for 2 minutes, and then shuts off
>usually for 2.5 to 3 minutes, but *sometimes* off as long as 6 minutes.
>When maintaining a moderate humidity this same type of frequent cycling
>happens too (which can be 2 mintues on and 2 or 3 minutes off).
> How this thing got an Energy Star rating with all the frequent cycling is
> a mystery.
> I'm just wondering if the LG made "mechanical" units (with a dial for the
> humidistat) would be less prone to the frequent cycling, or are they
> "electro-mechanical" units that are still programmed to cycle very
> frequently when the room humdity is "less than or equal to" the current
> setting?
> By the way, this particular unit makes a whistling sound (kind of like a
> tea kettle whistle) for a few seconds when the compressor starts up (but
> this only happens if the unit hasn't been powered down for a while). The
> one I returned didn't seem to do this. Is the whistling normal?
> J.
>
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>tendency to cycle too much. I got a 2nd Friedrich unit (same model) and it
>has the same issue. Like the Kenmoore and Goldstar units, this is made in
>China by LG electronics. This 40 pint electronic unit seems to have a rule
>where the unit MUST frequently turn itself on for 2 minutes at a time to
>measure the humidity, AND during this period the compressor IS turned on.
>For example, if the relative humidity is only in the 40s or 50s (according
>to digital hygrometers) , and I set the humidistat all the way up to 70%,
>the unit repeatedly cycles. It goes on for 2 minutes, and then shuts off
>usually for 2.5 to 3 minutes, but *sometimes* off as long as 6 minutes.
>When maintaining a moderate humidity this same type of frequent cycling
>happens too (which can be 2 mintues on and 2 or 3 minutes off).
> How this thing got an Energy Star rating with all the frequent cycling is
> a mystery.
> I'm just wondering if the LG made "mechanical" units (with a dial for the
> humidistat) would be less prone to the frequent cycling, or are they
> "electro-mechanical" units that are still programmed to cycle very
> frequently when the room humdity is "less than or equal to" the current
> setting?
> By the way, this particular unit makes a whistling sound (kind of like a
> tea kettle whistle) for a few seconds when the compressor starts up (but
> this only happens if the unit hasn't been powered down for a while). The
> one I returned didn't seem to do this. Is the whistling normal?
> J.
>