johng Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 21 hours ago, Brick Top said: I am now wondering if my unit as a fault were in Dry mode the temperature settings cant be adjusted ?. Normal on my York aircon. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexpotter Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 2 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said: I'm no expert but I'm sure the dehumidifier will create heat to remove moisture. Over the many years I've worked on a few projects for my company stacking offshore drilling rigs. Dehumidifiers are used in different areas of the rig, accommodation, switchgear rooms etc., these areas are always hotter, but a very dry heat. Not sure if you'd like to live in a hotter home/condo. That's it. With DH you have a hot compressor running inside your house. Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexpotter Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 26 minutes ago, johng said: Normal on my York aircon. Also normal on my Carrier, good point about having a DH in the room, its another hot compressor feeding heat into the room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexpotter Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 15 minutes ago, rexpotter said: Also normal on my Carrier, good point about having a DH in the room, its another hot compressor feeding heat into the room. And articles that support buying one are written by the Appliance Companies to sell more crap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 AC units do not use heat to reduce humidity.... that is dumb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scubascuba3 Posted March 12 Popular Post Share Posted March 12 On 3/11/2024 at 9:21 AM, Brick Top said: dont know if your TCL unit is the same as mine . On mine once i press the Dry mode it automatically sets the unit to 23c and the fan speed to 3 i tried my new TCL on Dry mode and it set the temperature at 23⁰ no change in fan which was set on low, 1 bar. From what I've read dry mode only useful when temperature not hot but high humidity, which means not that useful for Thailand so i doubt I'll use it again 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 7 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said: Does it say why? Will it damage the AC unit? or Is it bad for your health? Definitely it can dry the throat, i had to buy a humidifier a few years ago. You need some moisture in the air 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexpotter Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 16 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said: Definitely it can dry the throat, i had to buy a humidifier a few years ago. You need some moisture in the air Do they even sell those in this country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 9 minutes ago, rexpotter said: Do they even sell those in this country? Lazada many makes available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 7 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said: Does it say why? Will it damage the AC unit? or Is it bad for your health? Yep, it'll dry you out too much and you'll wake up with a mouth tasting like a ferret slept in it. Only ever have my aircon set to 29, 28 at the lowest, which is enough to get the humidity down to around 55-60% and zap excessive heat. The actual temp coming out of the thing is super-low. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 7 minutes ago, daveAustin said: Yep, it'll dry you out too much and you'll wake up with a mouth tasting like a ferret slept in it. Only ever have my aircon set to 29, 28 at the lowest, which is enough to get the humidity down to around 55-60% and zap excessive heat. The actual temp coming out of the thing is super-low. For a while i was waking up and my tongue was like Gandhi's flipflop, humidifier fixed that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 In a pool hall, we'll aim for about 55% rel humidity. Start going below 50% and it pulls too much water out of the pool, makes people feel rough and overburdens the equipment. The hot, compressed gas coming out the compressor for the drying process exacerbates the above issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: i tried my new TCL on Dry mode and it set the temperature at 23⁰ no change in fan which was set on low, 1 bar. From what I've read dry mode only useful when temperature not hot but high humidity, which means not that useful for Thailand so i doubt I'll use it again Correction it set at 26⁰, i had 23⁰ on the brain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digbeth Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 disadvantage of separate dehumidifier is that the water collection needs to be emptied whereas the aircon is plumbed in also the hot site of the dehumidifier is in the same room, producing heat But for the air conditioner to be able to be run cheaper in 'dry' mode vs full on cooling, the compressor would have to be invertor type that can 'throttle down' and run slowly right? or does the dry mode in non-invertor aircon just turns on and off like you're setting the temperature to not too cold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George FmplesdaCosteedback Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 On 3/11/2024 at 4:45 AM, Rampant Rabbit said: Ive found this due to poor drainage pipes on them, I re installed 2 of mine with new drain pipes and they have never dripped since, the third I didnt do as the drain was in the floor and I suspect has a dip in it where water sits and pools. This one fills up in the drain tray and pipe with a clear jelly which I wash out every 5 months I also stick a wet vac on the pipe to suck the sludge out then pour bleach down it. I bought aircons all new with an easily removal drain tray as it was a big problem before. If they made the drain trays with a wider drain hole and a wider drain pipe it would help a lot. Many thanks for that. Just as I suspected, a bit of "dicky" Thai plumbing work that is the cause not the machine, although as you say they could be a bit better designed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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