Air Exchanger Or Dehumidifier

Dehumidification should be done by a dehumidifier and fresh air exchange should be done by an air to air exchanger hrv erv etc.

Air exchanger or dehumidifier.

Ac dehumidifier also has a condenser evaporator and metering device to gauge the air in the room. Try the air exchanger. The supply air temperature from the sd 12 is significantly closer to the return air temperature than a typical ac system but it is still a lower temperature than the return air temperature. Call your contractor and have him check it out.

Tjernlund makes a good one. Dehumidifier air conditioning uses what is called spot cooling to control the humidity in a room. The heat exchanger is not 100 effective so there is some sensible cooling from the sd 12 in addition to the dehumidification. If the smell occurred right after you installed the exchanger i would suspect the exchanger either smells or is pulling air from an area that smells.

Indoor air contamination continues to rise with time and oxygen levels continue to fall a fresh air exchange is crucial to good long term health. In a ventilation dehumidifier equipped with a heat pump the heat pump functions both as a dehumidifier and a dedicated heat pump. Like an erv a ventilating dehumidifier introduces fresh air from outside your home filters it and removes indoor air for consistent circulation. I would recommend not running the dehumidifier in the winter.

As the other poster said the fresh air ventilation has nothing to do with dehumidification. You will want to run a dehumidifier in the summer because if you bring air in from outside it will contain humidity possibly more than what is already in the basement. Air conditioner dehumidifier can be one and the same because the same component found in a dehumidifier is also found in an ac. In our climate zone the best equipment for ventilating your home and dehumidifying indoor air is a whole house dehumidifier with positive pressure from fresh outdoor air.