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How dehumidifiers work?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Dehumidifiers work by removing moisture from the air. They are especially helpful in places like basements, where there can be a lot of uncomfortable moisture in the air.

A dehumidifier is basically a refrigerator. It uses the same principal as is used by a refrigerator to make a chilled element (inside the refrigerator, this is what makes cold in the freezer) and a hot element (normally the condenser at the back of the refrigerator). A fan blows humid air over the cold element and then over the warm element. Cold air cannot hold as much moisture as warm air, so the water is condensed out of the air on the cold element; and the air is heated back up as it passes over the warm element.

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