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Some AC units have two modes - cooling and dehumidifying. When in cooling mode it will blow a lot of air to keep evaporator as hot as possible, so less humidity
by yetihehe 4y ago
Some AC units have two modes - cooling and dehumidifying. When in cooling mode it will blow a lot of air to keep evaporator as hot as possible, so less humidity is condensing on it (but there will still be some). In dehumidifying mode it will blow less air but keep evaporator cool, so more condensation for the same amount of air cooling.
- teo_zero 4y agoDo you have any source for this? It's a topic I've always wanted to understand better. Especially, it's not clear which mode consumes less.
- yetihehe 4y agoSource - I have Kaisai mini-split at work and I've observed how each mode works (with my hand). There's probably more energy used per cooling amount during dehumidifying, because it's bigger temperature differnce (which means lower COP) PLUS condensing water (water phase change energy is big).