Challenge ram 710 no water collection in resevoir going on floor instead, do i need the manual?
Oohn ive seen this before in some units especally on ones that are in heavy use (lots of water to remove) the drain hole inside unit drain gets stopped up with black mold (wet enviroment it grows quite well) unplug unit and some minor dissasembly of the outter case and it soon becomes obvious what the problem be , i have been somewhat sucessfull with a mild laundry bleach in a trigger sprayer to kill mold and use a pencil to poke open drain holes
I'LL bet thats your problem
SOURCE: No water collection
compressor may be starved for freon or blockage in freon line...tech must troubleshoot.
SOURCE: Collecting no water
My crosley dehum. acted the same way. It turned out to be a bad defrost thermostat on the evaporator coil.
SOURCE: water dripping outside the collector
I think that there is a 90 degree bend in the outlet on the bottom right front side of the collection tray that gets pluged with dirt, line etc. You can see this when you remove the collection container from the unit. I used a small piece of wire to clean out the hole and now the water goes into the tank and not onto the floor.
SOURCE: running but not collecting water
your coils are probably frosted up. This can happen from the basement temperature being too cold if you dont have the automatic defrost type of dehumidifier, or it could be low on coolant from a pinhole that leaked it out. Mine did the same thing and I had to buy another one. I bought one thats operates down to 41 degrees Fahrenheit and it is an automatic defrost type. It works good for my basement because I have central air which makes the basement even cooler and harder to dehumidify without freezing the dehumidifier up.
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