Portable A/C
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RicodJour wrote:
"Proctologically Violated=A9=AE"
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For winter, get a standalone dehumidifer--which also acts as a 600-800
watt heater.
... 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. Even a heating element isn't 100%
efficient.
Dehumidifiers are MORE than 100% efficient as heaters, as latent heat
pumps,
since removing water vapor from air adds heat. I measured a 1.6 COP with
a power meter and a measuring cup.
So you're saying a dehumidifier that consumes 800 watts of energy is
providing more than 800 watts of heat?
BULL****!!!!
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