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Anyone else routinely running a dehumidifier?
Despite a Panasonic Inverter heat pump tumble dryer, our old/poor quality conservatory
which leads doorlessly from the kitchen, still exhibits prodigious quantities of condensation.
An aged Amcor dehumidifer (from Argos originally, but 2nd hand), usually sorts us out.
Except ...
Couple of weeks ago it stopped working. Not even the quiet hum of a fan.
Obvious checks didn't cajole it into restarting.
This morning found time to take the plastic two-piece shell off.
Not that I am in any way an engineer, but nothing on the small pcb looked burnt out,
none of the refrigeration connections were damaged or loose.
The fan however.
A lot of dust/ cobwebs/fibres on the electric motor, the blades and cowling.
Wet wipe collected most of them, then all that I could reach.
Reconnected to Mains, (Caution, exposed machinery/circuits can be dangerous),
and fan restarts it's endless rotation.
Power switched off, two-piece shell reassembled, all securing points refilled with screws,
water container re-inserted, powered up and it's whirring away.
Note to self: stick the vacuum cleaner against the air inlet and outlet meshes on a routine basis.