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Humidity pad doesn't work

I bought the Kenmore dehumifier 54501 3 months ago, always keeping it at 75%. A month ago the pad stopped working, so it sets at either ON or 35%. No matter which way I press the pad it doesn't increase the humidity setting. I life in the tropics, extreme humidity, so this is a problem. Any ideas what I can do to get it to higher humidity setting?

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You've posted in DEhumidifier section.

Sounds like you have a Humidifier. Please post there.

Although why you want to add humidity to the tropics is beyond me.

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  • Posted on Sep 20, 2007

SOURCE: 20% humidity reading

Hi, I just cleaned my dehumidifier and had the same problem as you. I used a spray water bottle and was not aware that the humidity sensor was being soaked. Very stupid of me!! Luckily I have two same dehumidifiers and used the other sensor to replace the one that I so stupidly ruined, and behold my machine worked again. Now I have to buy another sensor. To make sure we are talking about the same thing, my sensor is white,about 1 inch by 1/2 of an inch. It as 4 wires connected to it. To access it you remove the water tank, you will see 2 screws. Remove those, and pry the front panel loose. Be careful the top of the panel is held by two plastic hooks, they break easy. The sensor is located on the right side just above the radiator, under a produting oval lip which as foam around its rim. The wire colors are red black blue and yellow. Good luck Herman

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  • Posted on Dec 19, 2007

SOURCE: Blinking bucket full light and humidity setting stuck at '01%'

yes but i might be late. if you still have this let me know

Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 13, 2009

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My guess is the unit knows it can't reach 35% humidity, bacause it's measuring the ambient humidity. Dehumidifiers usually can't drop the RH more than around 10%.

My guess is the RH in the room is around 75% when this happens.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 04, 2010

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Hi,
It could be a bad compressor, circuit board, or maybe even a sensor or dehumidistat...
Here is a tip about dehumidifiers2_bing.gif that run but do not extract water from the air..

Dehumidifier is running but no water is in bucket
http://www.fixya.com/support/r4662409-dehumidifier_running_but_no_water_in

heatman101

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