This content was created by Derek Cole. This content was uploaded by Derek Cole. This is a podcast episode titled "317. Dehumidifier Needed?" from the Derek Cole Podcast (published June 29, 2021). The episode features host Derek Cole and another speaker (labeled SPEAKER A). Derek opens with promotions for the Healthy Home Challenge and calls to action (website simmons1hour.com, social shares, ratings/reviews), then the guest/speaker explains HVAC topics: how air conditioners act as dehumidifiers, when a separate dehumidifier is needed (e.g., sealed crawl spaces), the importance of proper unit sizing and ductwork to ensure dehumidification and comfort, and related comfort/energy-saving tips.
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Everybody needs a dehumidifier in their homes. I'm not being sarcastic, but it's called your air conditioner. That is a dehumidifier. That's what makes you feel comfortable. When it's nice and muggy and hot outside, you feel nice and cool inside because you're removing the heat from the home. But it's also dehumidifying at the same time. So what we run to a lot in this area is you do need dehumidifier in the crawl space if it's sealed. Now if it's not sealed, you don't need a dehumidifier because then you're dehumidifying the whole world, which is not really gonna work out in your favor. You're just gonna run, run, run, run. But if your home is properly insulated, properly sized unit in your house, then your AC should reach that set point and should keep you comfortable. It's something you not getting this question. Something you notice a lot more in the summertime when it's hot and muggy versus the wintertime when it's, you know, humidity is kind of like a blanket. Humidity keeps you nice and toasty. So in the wintertime, obviously we don't have many complaints about, you know, it's not real humid in here. No, you don't hear that call, but you do hear it in the summertime. So you need to make sure your unit is sized properly for the home. I've begun quite a few questions of you know what, I like to keep my home at 68. Can I just put a 5 ton unit in and be done with it? No, because for one reason you have a 3 ton system and you have a 3 ton duct system. So if you put a 5 ton unit on a 3 ton duct system, you still have a 3 ton duct system. So it makes no sense to do that. Plus, if the unit is too big for the home, it's not going to probably dehumidify. Yes, it's going to hit that temperature set point in the home, but you're not going to be comfortable because it's going to come on and off, on and off. You've been in those bigger commercial buildings or, or courthouses where it feels kind of cold and clammy and it's kind of, it's because it's not dehumidifying. That's why you're getting that feeling. So you don't want that feeling inside your house. So yes, use your dehumidifier, your air conditioner in your home, but it needs to be properly sized so you're comfortable.
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