On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:57:51 GMT, "James Sweet"
wrote:


"RicodJour" wrote in message
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On Jun 27, 3:04 pm, "Proctologically Violated©®"
wrote:

For winter, get a standalone dehumidifer--which also acts as a 600-800
watt
heater.

The OP said he didn't require heating. I think you're a bit on the
high side in your heat output estimate. I think 400 watts for a
residential unit would be more realistic. You're dropping the
relative humidity which will affect latent heat, and the units
themselves only draw 600-800 watts.

What would be realistic is :

The total power consumption of the unit
plus
The latent heat of condensation of any water it takes out.

100 % of the above will be sensible heat in the space.


Even a heating element isn't 100%
efficient.

R


Dehumidifiers don't use heating elements, they just pass the chilled
dehumidified air through the condenser which heats it back up. There's some
net gain, since the power consumed by the compressor (about 400W) becomes
heat.


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