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I have a 4' x 8' gluing room in which I use a dehumidifier. The dehumidifier is an older White Westinghouse unit that does a good job, but it does kick off a fair amount of excess heat in the process of cooling the condensing coil. I am wondering if there are newer units that have a scroll compressor, or some other high efficiency compressor that runs cooler.

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http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/sto ... ci_gpa=pla

I was surprised at how quiet and cool this one was, and it also took my garage down from 70 percent to 45 percent in just a few hours
Probably overkill for a 4 by eight room though..

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LOTS of negative reviews on that model!

Dehumidification is the reverse of evaporation. It takes a surprising amount of energy to cause liquid water to become a gas. And that same amount of energy is released when it condenses. Thus the heat. Seems to me what you want is something that vents the exhaust air outdoors (if you don't want the added heat). BTW, a portable AC unit does the same thing.

Mike

I use a soleus got it off amazon

What Mike said.

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EddieLee

Split dehumidifying unit.
Same idea like a split A/C unit, but controls humidity instead of temperature.

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Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

People are whiners. It's cool and quiet, and works fast.

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