Technical > Home Improvement > 50 or 70 pint dehumidifier

I did say significantly. We have one that runs in our crawlspace. It's not hot down there.

I used to have some computer labs where we put in window A/C in basement rooms and people complained they were always too cold, so they would shut off the A/C and the humidity would go tropical. There was condensation on the walls. We'd then have mold problems.

Seems to me the earlier post made sense: Basement walls, typically block or concrete, are heat sinks, dissipating heat into the soil. It wasn't necessary to remove heat from those rooms.

When we put dehumidifiers in, those same basement rooms were very comfortable, even though the temp was much warmer than when we had A/C.

a portable a/c with part of the condenser air discharge going back in the room is the perfect answer. if it gets too hot, all of the air from the condenser can be routed outside!. i'm sorry to hear you lost your computer labs, BTW.

said by iknow electronic equipment, including computers, are more sensitive to temperature, rather than humidity, within reason. [/BQUOTE :

Any more as log as you are comfortable the computer will be fine. Most will run forever at temps as high as 90 degrees or so. The fans may run faster and it may theoretically reduce life but it's the difference between 10 years and 9.975 years.

We had PLC's and other electronic instrumentation operating in the field at 135+ degrees F. No difference in failures compared to those operating in lower temperature areas.

I think I might know a little about this also since I've been in the field since 1964.

WOW.. just wow...

Most dehumidifiers pass the air first over the evaporator, then over the condenser. They shouldn't change the temperature of the space significantly. Plus many spaces, like a basement, are not well suited for installation of a window unit. And the space gets very cold as it runs so much to remove the humidity.