A wall-mounted dehumidifier pulls warm air from your indoor room into its coils through a powerful fan. Pulled warm air is passed through refrigerator coils to make it cool by compression, and condensation is left inside the dehumidifier.
Basically, condensation makes the moisture the air contains turn back into liquid water. Once condensation collects, one droplet of water falls into a water tank inside the dehumidifier. After that, a collar fan of the dehumidifier releases clean air back into your room. Before starting the process of mounting a dehumidifier, you will need some instruments.
Below, we have pointed out a list of the required tools and materials. After arranging the materials and tools mentioned above, you can start the mounting process of your dehumidifier on your home wall. For your convenience, here we have demonstrated a step-by-step guideline on how to set up a wall-mounted dehumidifier. For mounting a dehumidifier, choose a centrally located place in your home.
You also have to consider the electrical setup that will be needed to connect the dehumidifier. Make sure this power connection is integrated with a dedicated dehumidifier circuit and circuit breaker. After that, set up a control panel in another centrally located place in your house. Avoid setting up the control panel close to any air conditioner vents, heaters, doors, or windows.
Now screw the control panel using a screwdriver. If screws need holes in the wall, use a power drill. Place a humidity sensor on top of the control panel to assist communication between the control panel and dehumidifier.
Now, mount the dehumidifier in your chosen place using screws that come with the dehumidifier box. Ensure your dehumidifier is installed properly on your home wall. If screws require holes in the wall, use a power drill machine. Avoid powering the dehumidifier until your mounting process is finished. Attach a PVC drain line to the base of your dehumidifier and place that line in a proper drainage area outside your home. After that, connect the copper water line to the dehumidifier and attach it to a continuous water supply source.
Then, use an in-line water filter inside the dehumidifier so that this appliance is not damaged by any water source. BILL: Very nice. Okay Bill, well here's my air handler. Now you know on really hot days this works fine. The whole air conditioning system seems to be fine.
But it's those days when it's not quite so hot, 70, 72 - the temperature's okay but the humidity - it feels really sticky in the house. BILL: Yeah. To be comfortable, you really have to control the humidity as well as the temperature. BILL: The air conditioning will do a good job with controlling the temperature. But not always the humidity on the days that you're talking about in the 70s. It's not running long enough to really drain the moisture out of the air. BILL: Not necessarily. BILL: Well you can add a dehumidifier that will dehumidify the whole house on the days when the air conditioning is not running long enough to drain the moisture out.
A portion of the recirculated return air is diverted and drawn through the dehumififier where moisture is removed. This dry air then rejoins the main stream of air moving through the air conditioning system.
Lowering the overall humidity. I've decided to go ahead with the installation. So Bill sends one of his crews over and they go right to work. In their shop, they've fabricated a metal stand which they place in position. Despite its rather modest size, this unit will control humidity in the entire house. Bob and Joe set it on top of the stand. Next, a plastic hose is attached to carry away the water that will be extracted from the air. The hose in turn is connected to a run of PVC pipe that will discharge the water into a basement drain.
Several sections of sheet metal air duct have been pre made in the shop. These slip together and are held in place with screws. Some duct work is made up on site from flat sections that are first cut to length - then rolled into a cylinder and snapped together. A crimper puts a series of indentation in one end that will effectively reduce the diameter so that one section of duct can be inserted into another. The dehumidifier loop has to channel humid air from the air conditioning system and then return drier air to it.
That means cutting into the existing air conditioning duct work. Now there's no question in my mind, sheet metal work is an art. After installation, don't forget to perform regular maintenance on your dehumidifier. Cleaning the appliance frequently will help it to function properly.
It will also guard against germ and mold growth. For a closer look at how to keep your dehumidifier clean, watch this video:. These steps provide a general guideline to installing any portable dehumidifier in your home. Check out your model's use and care manual if you have specific questions. And if you're still trying to decide what portable dehumidifier is right for you, start with our buying guide.
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