Help: dehumidifer fried?

Update: I plugged the dehumidifier in and the circuit tripped. So I re-set the breaker, plugged the dehumidifier in again... and this time it works. Feeling like a dummy.

It's clear I'm going to have to move the dehumidifier to an outlet on another circuit, but aside from that, I'm still wondering why the unit would not have worked when the light was on...

Hi!

I would move it to an outlet with a dedicated circuit if possible.

The light should indicate that the water container has filled up. If the dehumidifier was moved, it could have caused the sensor to get stuck.

William

Al ha escrito:

I would try the dehumidifer in another outlet. It could be that the dehumidifier itself is ok, but the circuit you are using is overloaded, or the circuit breaker which feeds that branch is damaged.

In case of doubt, contact an electrician. A tripping circuit breaker is a serious issue which must be investigated and corrected.

First, make sure that the water container is empty. Trying the unit in a different outlet is a good idea. If the breaker trips in the new outlet position, this can indicate that the humidifier has something in it that is going shorted. You will then have to have it serviced.

If the breaker in the original outlet is tripping with the humidifier and there are no faults with it, then an electrician should be called in to verify the electrical connections, the outlet, the breaker, and the breaker connections in the panel. Having a panel breaker trip for no known reason is considered serious.

Al-

It is possible that the compressor has low refrigerant. There might be an internal pressure switch that turns off the compressor until pressure equalizes. Afterwards, it may start again normally.

The high current added to other loads may be just enough to pop the breaker, as others suggested.

The compressor might appear to cycle normally when it is actually going until the pressure switch stops it, and then starting again when pressure equalizes. It would be a good idea to check the refrigerant.

Fred

But Al mentioned that the light came on! (But not working) So that's caused by the appliance itself.

But it may be just, like someone already mentioned, that if it's turned on shortly after a power failure, the compressor may refuse to start for a moment. Refrigerator does so as well. I dunno the reason as I'm not familiar with these but it has something to do with pressures, like mentioned.

It's done to allow the pressure in the system to equalize between the high and low side. The compressors use PSC motors which have low starting torque, if you turn it off and right back on chances are the motor will stall against the high pressure.