WEBVTT - How Dehumidifiers Work

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Marshall Brain with today's question. How does a d

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<v Speaker 1>humidifier work? The basic goal of any d humidifier is

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<v Speaker 1>to remove moisture from the air. With a mechanical d humidifier,

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<v Speaker 1>the usual technique is to condense the moisture onto a

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<v Speaker 1>cold surface. Anyone who has poured a cold glass of

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<v Speaker 1>iced tea on a hot, humid summer day knows that

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<v Speaker 1>moisture will condense on the glass. When eric cools, it

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<v Speaker 1>loses its ability to hold moisture. The moisture in the

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<v Speaker 1>air condenses right onto the glass because it has nowhere

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<v Speaker 1>else to go. If the glass is left on the

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<v Speaker 1>table long enough, and if the air is very humid,

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<v Speaker 1>a significant puddle of water conform, and that's the basis

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<v Speaker 1>of de humidification. You may have noticed the same phenomenon.

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<v Speaker 1>In any air conditioner, the moisture in the air inside

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<v Speaker 1>the room condenses onto the air conditioners cold coils. If

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<v Speaker 1>it's a window unit, the condensed water drips out the

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<v Speaker 1>back of the unit onto the ground. A d humidifier

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<v Speaker 1>is simply an air conditioner that has both it's hot

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<v Speaker 1>and its cold coils in the same box. A fan

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<v Speaker 1>draws the rooms air over the cold coils of the

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<v Speaker 1>air conditioner to condense the moisture, which normally drips into

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<v Speaker 1>a bucket. The dry air then passes through the hot

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<v Speaker 1>coil to heat it back up to its original temperature.

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<v Speaker 1>That's all there is to it. If you have a

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<v Speaker 1>room that is air conditioned, it should not need a

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<v Speaker 1>d humidifier. The air conditioners should be doing the de

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<v Speaker 1>humidifying for you. Do you have any ideas or suggestions

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