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Things You Will Need
- Bleach
- Household Spray Cleaner
- Scrub Brush
- Vacuum And Attachments
- Soap
- Fin Comb
- Putty Knife
- Screwdriver
View and Download Sunrise Forest Air 13-04595 owner's manual online. WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER. Forest Air 13-04595 Air Conditioner pdf manual download. Feb 06, 2014 This is an set-up and instruction video for our RDH series of dehumidifiers but it is also useful for our WDH model (single display) as well. AeonAir Dehumidifier Instruction Video AeonAir.
Tip
Clean the water-holding tank with bleach at least once a month. Otherwise, mold may grow and be blown around when the dehumidifier runs. If your dehumidifier seems to be running well, yet still won't draw moisture from the air, check the room temperature. Dehumidifiers won't work efficiently below 65°F (18°C).
A dehumidifier is really just an air conditioner working in reverse--it's subject to the same problems and cured by the same repairs. So if your dehumidifier won't pull moisture from the air, the problem could be a simple one that often stops an air conditioner from cooling: The filter and coils are clogged with dirt. The solution? Give it a thorough cleaning.
- Unplug the dehumidifier, then remove and empty the water-holding tank.
- Remove the front and back grills. You'll have to either use a putty knife and pry between the top of the grill and the cabinet body to release the catches, or use a screwdriver to unscrew the fasteners.
- Remove the mesh filter, if your machine has one. It may be attached to the front grill or set in a track in front of the evaporator coils.
- Clean the filter with a mixture of warm, soapy water and bleach. The bleach will kill any mold or mildew, so it won't be blown around the room when the machine is running.
- Clean the evaporator coils, using a vacuum with brush attachment. Remove any stubborn dirt with a scrub brush and a household spray cleaner, such as Formula 409. Scrub lightly so you don't bend the fins covering the coils.
- Inspect the fins. If they are flattened or bent, buy a fin comb at your appliance store and use it to comb up or down on the fins to straighten them.
- Clean the condenser coils, using the vacuum and brush attachment. Again, remove any stubborn dirt with the scrub brush and spray cleaner.
- Inspect the fins covering these coils. If they are flattened or bent, use the fin comb to straighten them.
- Unfasten the cabinet body so you can get access to the interior parts. Use a screwdriver to remove the screws along each side of the bottom of the cabinet. Also check the control panel and the plastic drain tray that directs water into the holding tank. If any screws are holding these parts to the cabinet, remove them.
- Remove the cabinet body. Grab each side, pull out slightly and then lift the body off the unit.
- Clean the fan blade and the other parts inside the cabinet, using the vacuum and crevice attachment.
- Reassemble the dehumidifier, reinstall the water-holding tank and plug in the unit.
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Team, Hunker. 'How to Fix a Dehumidifier.' Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/how-to-fix-a-dehumidifier-13409053.html. 21 July 2017.
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About 3.4 million GD Midea dehumidifiers sold under just about every brand name you can think of are being recalled because they can overheat and catch fire. Midea has received 38 reports of smoke and fire. About $4.8 million in property damage has been reported, but there have been no injuries reported thus far.
The brand name, model number, pint capacity, and manufacture date are printed on the nameplate sticker on the back of the dehumidifier. To determine if your dehumidifier has been recalled, enter the model number at https://www.recallrtr.com/dehumidifier.
The humidifiers were sold at Lowes, Menards, PC Richard, and other stores nationwide from January 2003 through December 2013 for between $100 and $300.
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This recall involves 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 65, 70, and 75-pint dehumidifiers with the following brand names: Airworks, Alen, Arcticaire, Arctic King, Beaumark, Coolworks, ComfortAire, Comfort Star, Continental Electic, Crosley, Daewoo, Danby, Danby & Designer, Dayton, Degree, Diplomat, Edgestar, Excell, Fellini, Forest Air, Frigidaire, GE, Grunaire, Hanover, Honeywell, Homestyles, Hyundai, Ideal Air, Kenmore (Canada), Keystone, Kul, Midea, Nantucket, Ocean Breeze, Pelonis, Perfect Aire, Perfect Home, Polar Wind, Premiere, Professional Series, Royal Sovereign, Simplicity, Sunbeam, SPT, Sylvania, TGM, Touch Point, Trutemp, Uberhaus, Westpointe, Winix, and Winixl
Consumers who have a faulty model should immediately turn off and unplug the dehumidifiers and contact GD Midea for either a replacement unit or a partial refund. Consumers whose dehumidifiers were manufactured before October 1, 2008 will receive a partial refund, not a replacement. The manufacturing dates can be found on the back of units.
Consumer Contact: GD Midea at 800-600-3055 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday or online at www.midea.com/us/. Click on Product Recall for more information.