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do your dehumidifier freeze too ?

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mine keep freezing up my room the tent and things are in has a window a/c it set to 67 and my tent will stay between 78 to 81 with lights on 67 to 74 with lights off. i do need the dehumidifier and the a/c . what can i do to stop the freezing up
 
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You mean its frosting up and shutting off?
 
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it has not got to the point it shuts off but yea ice is forming on the radiator for the compresser
 
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it's been off for about 30 mins u can still see some ice but it was a sheeted over with ice
 
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Sheeeit. Do you have a weird airflow situation? Like cold air from a crawl space as an intake? I would try to aim a fan at the part that freezes to hopefully keep water from building up. Are you running the tent open or zipped up?
 
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Sheeeit. Do you have a weird airflow situation? Like cold air from a crawl space as an intake? I would try to aim a fan at the part that freezes to hopefully keep water from building up. Are you running the tent open or zipped up?
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zipped the whole thing is in my bedroom it's 12x8 and i have a window a/c unit in the window
 
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the manual say the dehumidifier would work does to 38 degrees
 
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Ok how much air in the bedroom is circulated. And how does the air in the tent work? Separate intake? Or sealed bedroom with a sealed tent? Or does the tent draw air from the sealed bedroom with a duct?
 
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You have either a messed up dehumidifier or the air coming out of the AC is pointed straight at the dehumidifier. The coils on the dehumidifier work the opposite of the coils on an AC. the coils on the dehumidifier are meant to warm so that water collects on the coils and drops down into the storage rez for removal from the room.
 
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67 is too cold for it to work. Most say 70+. You could put it on a timer on 15 off 15min on. Or raise the room temp.
 
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Ok like @Anthem said a dehuey is the same as an AC in how they function.

You should have a sensor on the rad that detects frost and shuts it off.

Temp of the room does not matter except in terms of efficiency in the spaces we typically use them and yours are absolutely fine.

in a dehuey they pull air over the cold side rad. That cause condensate and that condensate will dip down into a collection container. A few things can effect this and cause the water to freeze up. These are the 2 I suspect are your issues.



1. Make sure that the fan is working and turn the fan to the highest setting.

2. Clean the filters and rads.... this is absolutely crucial.
 
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67 is too cold for it to work. Most say 70+. You could put it on a timer on 15 off 15min on. Or raise the room temp.
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40 is to cold most say 80f for best efficiency and that's usually what temp they are tested at. This is so they look like they perform better because you have to remember the water content and relative humidity are not the same.

50+ should never be an issue
 
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Ok like @Anthem said a dehuey is the same as an AC in how they function.

You should have a sensor on the rad that detects frost and shuts it off.

Temp of the room does not matter except in terms of efficiency in the spaces we typically use them and yours are absolutely fine.

in a dehuey they pull air over the cold side rad. That cause condensate and that condensate will dip down into a collection container. A few things can effect this and cause the water to freeze up. These are the 2 I suspect are your issues.



1. Make sure that the fan is working and turn the fan to the highest setting.

2. Clean the filters and rads.... this is absolutely crucial.
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the fan on the dehumidy is working always running but i have not felt warm or hot air coming from it but 1 time the thing is brand new only 2 or 3 months old so everything is clean and i keep the filters cleaned out
 
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Ok how much air in the bedroom is circulated. And how does the air in the tent work? Separate intake? Or sealed bedroom with a sealed tent? Or does the tent draw air from the sealed bedroom with a duct?
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in my bedroom there is ac and 12 inch table fan for air air coming from the tent is vented outside air going into the tent is coming from bedroom
 
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Ok there is a couple things you can do. But increasing the airflow from the bedroom through the tent is a good starting point. Add another duct fan. And let even more air through the tent. And move the unit away from the ac. If you need to aim a fan right at it. More airflow usually solves a lot of problems.
 
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Ok there is a couple things you can do. But increasing the airflow from the bedroom through the tent is a good starting point. Add another duct fan. And let even more air through the tent. And move the unit away from the ac. If you need to aim a fan right at it. More airflow usually solves a lot of problems.
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why do i need more airflow in the tent ? the humidifier is on the outside of the tent
 
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Ok there is a couple things you can do. But increasing the airflow from the bedroom through the tent is a good starting point. Add another duct fan. And let even more air through the tent. And move the unit away from the ac. If you need to aim a fan right at it. More airflow usually solves a lot of problems.
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the unit also is far away from the ac on opposite sides of the room
 
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Clean them make sure fans are on high, working and make sure they do not run constant.

Fixed.
 
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my bed room is small i cant afford these nice luxury homes you guys live in not meaning to sound smart but it is either the humidy sits right there or i can place it by my bedroom door
 
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Also take it out of the tent and put it in the room and adjust airflow through the tent to control humidity and temp.
 
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