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Re:Have you seen these dehumidifiers? Stop using them or you... by crazygringo on Thursday August 17, 2023 @02:09PM (#37165746)
> Design flaws and not maintaining the system can cause reliability issues.

What do you mean by not maintaining the system?

I have a dehumidifier but beyond cleaning the filter every month or so, there's literally nothing else to do.

Re:Have you seen these dehumidifiers? Stop using them or you... by seatsniffer on Thursday August 17, 2023 @02:35PM (#37166082)
I'm more used to working with larger scale industrial equipment where the user/operator can exchange parts and actually change lubricants etc.

As far as home/personal devices the best you can really do is clean out any filters, get rid of dust etc and listen for when the motor inevitably fails or starts to fail at some point.

Re:Have you seen these dehumidifiers? Stop using them or you... by jandrese on Thursday August 17, 2023 @02:31PM (#37166028)
Not sure why you are being downvoted. Most of those home dehumidifiers don't have any user serviceable parts outside of a paper filter. Even inspecting the components would require a laborious disassembly of the device the manufacturer never intended.
Re:Have you seen these dehumidifiers? Stop using them or you... by brewdad on Thursday August 17, 2023 @04:42PM (#37167735)
You're cleaning the filter. That's more than a lot of people do.