VLOG - Fixing 2 Different Dehumidifiers & Common Faults

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Another short VLOG on some PITA dehumidifiers that failed on me!
MyMateVince - • Mini Dehumidifier Does...
Ian Scott Johnston - / @ianscottjohnston
#electronics #repair

[@GadgetUK164]

Legionnaires' disease is what you can get from standing water too!
MyMateVince - ua-cam.com/video/w1Flh5eWJks/v-deo.html
Ian Scott Johnston - www.youtube.com/@IanScottJohnston

[@Mymatevince]

Fun video Chris, interesting to see the Peltier plates fail in the same way as my one, good detective work! Thanks for the mention and channel link 👍

[@samt4202]

You may want to look into the compressor based dehumidifiers as they are way more efficient and can last a long time. I think the only advantage the Peltier based units have is they will work in colder environments.

[@batlin]

I've tried two Peltier module dehumidifiers with varying results. The latest one extracted water on warmer days, but froze up exactly like the one in your car when I left it in our bathroom overnight when it was really cold. I reckon it needs that circuit to periodically do a cycle of swapping the hot/cold side of the Peltier module and normalise the temperatures a bit.
I then bought a traditional compressor-based dehumidifier and that also failed to extract almost anything until the weather warmed up a bit... but at least it didn't freeze up and then leave meltwater all over the floor. Now that we're up to a balmy 5-10 Celsius here, they're both working great. Seems like the performance goes to almost zero once temperatures drop below 5C or so.

[@SimonZerafa]

Black Mold and Legionella is a heck of a combination to breath in 🤔

[@RBRetroBunker]

Love this more stuff like this to. Love Amiga but fun this to :)

[@budgetmerch]

That mug needs a good cleaning - Holy mother of God! 🤣🤣

[@GadgetUK164]

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[@erickvond6825]

Actually the screws on that last one are most likely stainless steel which is not magnetic. They're likely used because they won't rust.