1. What is dehumidifier?
Ans: Dehumidifier is equipment which removes moisture from air and delivers dry air.
2. Why dehumidifier is required?
Ans: High humidity can hamper health, cause allergies and destroy your infrastructure. Due to high humidity mold & fungus can develop. Bad smell, pilling of wall paints, condensation on floor and glass windows, black spot on walls, swelling of wooden furniture and door and sometime malfunctioning of electronic gadgets happens due to high humidity. Hence it is very important to reduce humidity with help of dehumidifier.
3. How do I know if I need a dehumidifier?
When should you use a dehumidifier in your home?
Ans: If humidity is high at your home then you will notice some symptoms like formation of mold & fungus, bad smell from carpet, swelling wooden furniture, allergies to occupant. Also Easiest way to find out high humidity at your home is to check with humidity meter which easily available anywhere. If humidity is more than 55% then you need dehumidifier.
4. What capacity of dehumidifier do I need?
What size dehumidifier do I need?
How do I know what size dehumidifier I need?
Ans: Capacity of dehumidifier needed is depends on volume of your home and how much your current humidity level. Based on these factors Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) has suggest table to easily select capacity required for your home. please read article "Dehumidifier capacity selection" for more details.
5. Where I can buy dehumidifier in Dubai, UAE?
Ans. You can buy all kinds of dehumidifier from M/s Control Technologies FZE (CtrlTech). You can reach them on +971 6 5489626 or +971 50 1537113 or write them at sales@ctrltechnologies.com
6. What is whole house dehumidifier?
Ans: As its name suggests it is single unit which is serving to whole house. This unit connected to HVAC ducting and supply dry air. These units are more costly than portable units and needs installation from profession companies.
7. What recommended humidity level should I set in dehumidifier?
What is the ideal humidity for inside a house?
What should dehumidifier be set at?
Ans: For home application, dehumidifier's best humidity level setting is between 45% to 55%.
8. Dehumidifier how it works?
Ans: Refrigerant based dehumidifier consists of compressor, condenser coil and evaporator coil. Humid air force to pass over very cold condenser coil where humidity in air get condensate into physical water and get accumulated in tank. Dry air then passed over evaporator coil and discharge into room. This process get continued till room humidity reaches to set point.
9. How much humidity can a dehumidifier remove?
Ans: Amount of humidity removal is depends on extraction capacity of dehumidifier unit. Normally home unit has capacity of 10 to 30 liters per day. Hence if humidity available in room then unit can remove up to 10 to 30 liters or water every day.
10. Is it safe to run a dehumidifier constantly all the time?
Ans: First of all all modern dehumidifier have feature to auto sence humidity level in room and turn off or on if room humidity is more or less than humidity level set in control panel of unit. Hence it is not required to run dehumidifier all the time. Once user set humidity level between 45% to 55% then dehumidifier when switch on automatically when room humidity more than set value and it will turn off automatically if room humidity less than set value.
11. How often do you need to empty a dehumidifier?
Ans: Extraction of water from air is depend on humidity level in room. Hence frequency of emptying tank is also depend on room humidity and size of tank. Generally frequency of emptying tank is not more than once or twice a day.
12. Do dehumidifiers shut off automatically?
Ans: All CtrlTech dehumidifier has built in humidistat. When room humidity gets lower than humidity value set in control panel then dehumidifier will switch off automatically. And when room humidity increases more than set value then dehumidifier gets switch on automatically.
13. Do dehumidifiers use a lot of electricity?
Are dehumidifiers expensive to run?
Ans: Dehumidifier of having capacity of 10 to 30 liters per day can consume power up to 160 to 290 watts.
14. Where should you place a dehumidifier?
Ans: While placing dehumidifier, you need ton make sure that intake and discharge of air from unit should be clear. There should not be any obstacles. Unit should be away from wall and furniture. Ideally unit should be placed in most humid area of house. Or you can place in middle of room for better performance.
15. Will a dehumidifier help with mold?
Will a dehumidifier kill mold?
Can dehumidifiers get rid of mold?
Ans: High humid homes are paradise for development of mold, bites and fungus. When you use dehumidifier, it removes humidity and make environment dry which is not desired for mold. Hence dehumidifier certainly helps to remove mold.
16. Will dehumidifier dry out damp walls?
Ans: Definitely but you need to use more powerful industrial dehumidifier along with air mover and air scrubbers. When dry air delivered by dehumidifier continuously directed toward damped wall with help of air mover then it will help to reduced dampness.
17. Why doesn't my dehumidifier shut off?
Ans: Dehumidifier which has automatic function, compressor of unit will turn off and fan stays on when room humidity reduce less than set value. In CtrlTech dehumidifiers there is indication of control panel if compressor on or not. If compressor remains on continuously then there is one of two possibilities or both. First your dehumidifier is of small capacity than required. Second is you have set dehumidifier to very less humidity level.
18. Why is my dehumidifier running but not collecting water?
Ans: In such case check if compressor also running along with fan. This you can check with control panel. If only fan is working and water not getting collect then there is no fault since there is not de-humidification happening. But if compressor is on and water not getting collect then your should contact to service center.
19. Will a dehumidifier lower my electric bill?
Ans: When dehumidifier reduces humidity from room air then room will become cooler due to removal of humidity from air inside room. Hence it is not required to run air conditioner continuously or to run Ac at lower temperature. Hence it reduces electricity consumption and bill.
20. Is it safe to leave a dehumidifier on overnight?
Ans: Once you set dehumidifier to certain humidity level then dehumidifier will switch on or off automatically when room humidity more or less than set value. Hence you can leave unit on overnight. Alternatively you can use auto delay timer to switch off unit automatically after delay on certain hours.
21. Should windows be closed when using dehumidifier?
Should I close the door when using a dehumidifier?
Ans: Yes you should close windows & doors to stop entering outside humid air into room. If windows or doors are open then on one hand you are adding humidity into room and on other hand you are removing humidity from room with help of dehumidifier. Hence overall humidity inside room will not at all reduce or might increase or might reduce very slowly.
22.Can one dehumidifier do multiple rooms?
Ans: Yes, provided there is air circulation between these room or common air conditioner is serving these multiple room. But need to make sure that capacity of dehumidifier should be enough to dehumidify sum total volume of all these multiple rooms.
23. Can I run a dehumidifier and air conditioner at the same time?
Ans: Yes you can rung dehumidifier and air conditioner together. But if you want faster de humidification then you should initially for few hours run dehumidifier only before starting air conditioner.
24. Does dehumidifier make room cold?
Ans: Dehumidifier do not delivery cold air. But when it removes humidity from air then it make room cool.
25. How do you reduce humidity?
Ans: There are different method to reduce humidity at home. One of the easiest way is to use dehumidifier unit. Use exhaust fans at kitchens and shower room. Also you can grow plats that absorbs humidity.
26. Is it safe to run a dehumidifier constantly all the time?
Ans: Ideally if your dehumidifier has automatic function then it will turn on and off dehumidication automatically when room humidity is more or less than set value respectively. Hence there is no harm in keeping unit on always since it will run only if required.
27. What is industrial dehumidifier?
Ans: Industrial dehumidifiers are machine which removes humidity from air and deliver dry air to help during industrial processes to maintain quality of output and during storage of industrial output. This unit are designed so as to withstand industrial and construction sites.
28. Who are industrial dehumidifier manufactures?
Ans: There are many dehumidifier manufacturers in Dubai, UAE. Some of reputed brands area CtrlTech, LG, Desert Air, Aerial Germany etc.
29. Why do we need swimming pool dehumidifier for indoor pool room?
Ans: Indoor pool rooms are closed room with large water surface of pool. Due to temperature difference between pool water temperature and room air temperature then will be evaporation of water from swimming pool water surface. This evaporation increase humidity level in room which create uncomfortable environment, cause health issues, damage room infrastructure. dehumidifier for indoor pool room help to reduce humidity to avoid issues due to high humidity.
30. What are different types of dehumidifier on basis of working principle?
Ans: On basis of working principle these are classified into two types. First refrigerant or compressor or condensation type dehumidifier and second is desiccant or absorption type dehumidifiers.
31. What are different types of dehumidifier on basis of application areas?
Ans: These are classified into home, cold room, industrial dehumidifier, swimming pool dehumidifier & warehouse dehumidifier on basis of application areas.
32. What are Duct dehumidifier?
Ans: These are dehumidifier which can easily connect to HVAC duct and provided with collars to connect with duct. Generally these area wall or ceiling mount type.
33. Where I can get best dehumidifier price in Dubai, UAE?
Ans: You can contact CtrlTech dehumidifier UAE on +971 50 1537113 or +971 55 2338912 for best prices
34. How do you dry a wall after a water leak?
Ans: Drying of wall and floor need heavy duty dehumidifiers with high airflow and with industrial specification. Along with dehumidifiers need to use air movers and air scrubbers.
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