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    Undergrad Does Heating Air First Improve Dehumidifier Efficiency?

    Sophie Yes, I agree about them icing up! I use a tube heater in conjucntion with the dehumidifier in moderately cold conditions and turn the dehumidifier off altogether in very cold ones. They're only meant for 15 degrees C or above. Kind regards Peter
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    Undergrad Does Heating Air First Improve Dehumidifier Efficiency?

    Thanks. I think the fan needed to be installed upside down (with label underneath) as I have discovered the airflow is in the wrong direction. Will try it later.
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    Undergrad Does Heating Air First Improve Dehumidifier Efficiency?

    PS Having had several of these mini-dehumidifiers (of assorted brands and appearances) go wrong over the past few years, some of the old ones should also be fixable by replacing the fan. In some the electronics to the Peltier module presumably failed as water stopped being accumulated despite...
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    Undergrad Does Heating Air First Improve Dehumidifier Efficiency?

    Hello I have a mini-dehumidifier of a similar type to the one that EveryBest took apart. I have just replaced the fan because it had become extremely noisy. Although the new fan is a higher quality and much quieter fan with the added bonus of rubber mounts I suspect it may be somewhere...