Dehumidifiers

[matelot]

If I wanted to increase the speed a kiln dries at I would probably add fans to move the air inside first of all.

 

A little known scientific fact about humidifiers is that they give out more heat than they use in electricity. If a humidifier uses 1000 watts of electricity it might give out 3000w of heat. I'd be experimenting to see how much water a dehumidifier removes - make sure the outlet from the dehumidifier drains outside your kiln.

[Stubby]

If I wanted to increase the speed a kiln dries at I would probably add fans to move the air inside first of all.

 

A little known scientific fact about humidifiers is that they give out more heat than they use in electricity. If a humidifier uses 1000 watts of electricity it might give out 3000w of heat. I'd be experimenting to see how much water a dehumidifier removes - make sure the outlet from the dehumidifier drains outside your kiln.

 

Humidifiers or dehimidifiers ........?

[openspaceman]

 

A little known scientific fact about humidifiers is that they give out more heat than they use in electricity. If a humidifier uses 1000 watts of electricity it might give out 3000w of heat. I'd be experimenting to see how much water a dehumidifier removes - make sure the outlet from the dehumidifier drains outside your kiln.

 

That's not quite correct, they give out exactly the heat from the amount of electricity fed in to them, in a closed system, like a kiln they move heat from the humid air that circulates past the cooling element and dump it back into the kiln after the water has been condensed out.

 

With a small domestic dehumidifier that's only about 150W of heating effect and even in room temperatures they'll only condense 10 litres in a day. To move the water out of the wood you need higher temperature and lots of circulation.