Dehumidifier

A Dehumidifier is an appliance that removes excess moisture from the air in your home and helps to reduce or eliminate musty odour and aids in preventing the growth of mildew on surfaces.

Because we spend so much of our time inside our houses, indoor air quality is important. A Dehumidifier reduces humidity and condensation which are the conditions that cause mould growth on furniture, drapes, bed linens, and clothing.

The main reasons for owning a Dehumidifier may include:

• Reducing humidity
• Condensation control
• Clothes drying

A Dehumidifier can help to remove excess moisture from the air and maintain a comfortable humidity level in your home.

An Air Purifier can help to reduce common airborne allergens and pollutants in a room to improve indoor air quality.

1. Air Conditioners can achieve a small amount of dehumidification while operating in cooling mode. Air Conditioners will remove moisture from the room in cooling mode where the room temperature is more than 2°C above the set point.
2. Under 2°C above the set point the compressor will back off and will not remove moisture. The coil needs to be below dew point to remove moisture.
3. When an Air Conditioner is operating in heating mode, the unit does not provide dehumidification. The coil needs to be below dew point to remove moisture.
4. When an Inverter Air Conditioner cools the room to set temperature, and the compressor backs off, it is no longer effective at moisture removal.
5. Air Conditioners generally do not have published moisture removal rates in its specifications as they are not designed to be used as Dehumidifiers and there are too many variables to account for which will affect dehumidification.
6. An Air Conditioner is designed to provide conditions for human comfort, some dehumidification is achievable in cooling mode in some temperature/humidity ranges; this is by the principle of refrigeration rather than design.
7. A Dehumidifier is designed specifically to remove moisture from the air all year round. Dehumidifiers have a specified dehumidification rate or absorbed humidity rate (generally measured in litres over 24 hours for a given temperature and humidity).

Read more in our blog post Do I need a Dehumidifier if I have an Air Conditioner?

The Mitsubishi Electric EV38HR Dehumidifier features an Air Purification mode. The Pre-Filter and two-layer PM2.5 filter can help to remove common fine particles and dust from the air. However, if you are looking for a device specifically designed to help remove airborne particles and pollutants in a room, the Mitsubishi Electric E85R Air Purifier would be more suitable as it has a 4 Stage Air Purification system.