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Anonymous Posted on Jul 01, 2012
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Dehumidifier overflow The unit no longer shuts off when full. The water reservoir overflowed all over my basement.

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Bill Long

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  • Posted on Aug 10, 2009

SOURCE: The unit turns on and sounds like it is running,

Your coil temperature has to be below the dewpoint of the air in the basement to remove the moisture. If you can set the temperature lower or the fan speed lower it will help.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Aug 29, 2010

SOURCE: I have a Whirlpool dehumidifier, model number


Hi,

There are many reasons why a dehumidifier will not work or collect water.

Here is a tip that I wrote to help people to figure out what is going wrong with their dehumidifier

Dehumidifier is running but no water is in bucket

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  • Posted on Sep 04, 2010

SOURCE: Dehumidifier won't drain

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 17, 2011

SOURCE: My Whirlpool dehumidifier runs, but

Hi,
There are many reasons why a dehumidifier willnot work or collect water.
Here is a tip that I wrote to help people to figure out what is going wrongwith their dehumidifier

Dehumidifier is running but no water is in bucket

heatman101

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Unless it is designed to drain automatically, a dehumidifier should be emptied fairly often during hot and muggy or damp weather- sometimes as often as once a day. In humid, damp climates, a dehumidifier's reservoir can pull as much as 50 pints of water from the air a day. Failure to keep the reservoir clean and dry will just contribute to the problems you're trying to solve. If you're in the market for a new dehumidifier, consider its reservoir capacity: Larger capacity reservoirs work more efficiently and have to be emptied less often.
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