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Re:Have you seen these dehumidifiers? Stop using them or you... by cududa on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:01PM (#37164742)
I have a GE one that looks almost exactly like the but wasn’t in the recall. It seems they overheat. During the summer when it’s humid, the thing is running pretty much 24/7 and while it reduces humidity, it blasts out heat.

But, every 8 hours or so it shuts down for ~20 minutes. Never understood why. I now suspect it’s because it needs to cool down. I’d guess that the component that triggers the cool down is faulty in these listed units.

Re:Have you seen these dehumidifiers? Stop using them or you... by xkcd-sucks on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:14PM (#37164979)
Usually it's because the cooling coils ice over (up to the point of completely blocking airflow... which could cause overheating) and the downtime is to let this ice melt
Re:Have you seen these dehumidifiers? Stop using them or you... by ceejayoz on Thursday August 17, 2023 @02:05PM (#37165695)
Yup. Your fridge'll do the same thing.
Re:Have you seen these dehumidifiers? Stop using them or you... by op00to on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:18PM (#37165045)
How hot? A dehumidifier will typically raise the temperature of the air flowing through it by 10 degrees F or so.