115 F today. Dry mode don't get-r-done. Tomorrow I will try TURBO once the batteries reach 100% and the PV is freed up. Good job on the video. Thank You
Nice to finally know the answer to the power question and to see the proof! Makes sense because AC cools and dehumidifies at the same time so it should take more power.
My Della MINi Split causes the humidity level to go up much higher than the outdoor air; Dry mode does its job just fine. It's good to know that the dry mode is cheaper to run. I will use the dry mode most of the time from now on. It seems to work the best for my situation. Thanks. I might add that the dry mode lowers temp, too.
Cool mode goals is to cool down the room to the temperature that you want. Dry mode will not control the temperature. The coil is cold with low fan speed to get water out of the air. So the room temperature might not cool down. Air conditioner is not designed to dry the air. It has poor performance. It’s better to install dehumidifier.
I would like to know how much more energy the ac is using than dry mode when in a normal mode, not turbo. I would imagine turbo would use more energy by default. I'm in Louisiana with very high humidity and dry mode cools amazingly well. I just want to make sure I'm also being energy efficient. Thanks for the video.
Hi John, turbo vs. normal mode is maybe 10 watts more? Maybe not even that. The indoor fan motor on most mini splits is around 15w. So, virtually nothing. The compressor is the part that uses the energy. And, yes, in dry mode, maybe 500 watts, depending on your unit, and 1,000 watts +/- in cooling mode. So, 2x more power for cooling mode. There are two types of heat, simple and latent. Simple heat is the actual temperature. So, dry air might have a temperature of 100 degrees here in Las Vegas, and moist air in Louisiana may be only 84 degrees, but it feels the same. In those cases, dry mode should do well for you. And, really, in those cases, even if you have on the air conditioner, you don't want to be in turbo mode.. In general, I'd say stay away from turbo mode in Louisiana. Why? Because it causes the air to spend less time on the indoor coil, and so there's not enough time on the coil to take away the humidity. Only use turbo by you when the humidity is lower.
Well, yes, but...if it's humid outside, you'll be letting more humid air back in, which may be more than what the air conditioner or dry mode can get rid of.
@@airspool thanks for the great and detailed answer. Typically we only use turbo mode when we have a lot of people over and need it to cool down fast and then switch back to normal mode. So let me make sure I got this right, in Louisiana, I will do better and be more energy efficient in Normal/Dry modes rather than Normal/cool modes? Thanks again
You have to turn the laser mode off o. The thermometer and just let it scan to get the actual room temperature using the laser is only to get temperature on service
I live in a country with 70 to 80% humidity. Can I leave dry mode on all night since the tempteratures arent high? Does using dry mode all night harm me or the unit? I see people recommending 2 hours at most. My ac lets me set the temperature in dry mode
Hi Anthony, you can leave it in dry mode all the time if it's comfortable. It sounds like most of your heat down there is due to the humidity, so this would be a good strategy provided you are happy with the air temperature.
@@airspool Thanks for replying. I live in a small country call Trinidad and Tobago. Our temperature at night is comfortable for me (28c to 26c) but the humidity is insane, and it makes everything feel so warm. I tired the dry mode last night after watching your video and the temperature was perfect. I think I'll use dry mode in the night and use cool during the day.
@@anthonyreis3533 any updates on your AC? I live in Puerto Rico and I’m having the sane issues with humidity. But just in one room. The AC in other room works fine.
I just got mini splits installed in every room in my house in Oceanside,CA which is San Diego county. It doesn’t get that hot here. We are experiencing a heat wave but it’s maxing out at 80. I’ve had them installed for 2 weeks and I’ve been using AC mode to keep the house at 74 during the day. However, at night the exterior temperature drops to the low 60s meanwhile indoors is still 74. I feel like I’m using AC for no reason. When I turn it to dry mode, it immediately drops the interior temperature low (matching the outdoor temperature) and it feels amazing but I can’t control the temp setting in dry mode. I’m not sure if I’m doing the right thing but it feels so much better to run it in dry mode. In AC mode, if I set it to 61 then inside gets to 61 but works hard to do so. Dry mode is getting it down to 61 too but I’m not sure if it’s working just as hard as AC mode. I’ve researched for days and I can’t find a consistent answer.
You run the AC all the time (24hrs) in dry mode? I’m having an issue I bought a new mini split and is making my walls wet and It feels warm in 70° 🙁 vs when I used dry mode in -7 (72°) I live in PR too.First day it worked fine now Im not sure. (AC is one week old)
@@khelix23 Yeah, it's either run in dry mode and it's cold or cool mode and it's wet. There is an auto feature that switches back and forth but the humidity climbs. I am mainly offsetting the issue by keeping the door open so the unit covers more space. It's a bit cooler in the bedroom than my wife likes it but it's not freezing.
Yes, the drying mode is certainly useful when there's higher humidity. Here, lots of simple heat, but not much latent heat until August. It's tough sledding in that high humidity!
That sounds like hell! Well, if the humidity is your focus, then keep the fan speed low because more water will be sucked out of the air when the air spends more time on the ice-cold coil.
The fan speed is lower, but also the compressor doesn't send as much refrigerant through the coil. But the coil is still maintained at a very cold temperature, because there's less heat coming across it with a lower fan speed. Thus, dry mode saves a lot of power, since the compressor is the thing that eats the power. The fan is like 14 watts, and the compressor is like 800 watts or something, depending on the season and the load.
Well, in general, ceiling fans are around 75 watts, and many splits need around 500 to 1,000 watts to run the compressor, depending on the speed of the compressor or if it's an inverter compressor. When mini splits are in fan mode, usually that's only around 20 watts.
Modern air conditioners are designed by idiots. Who in the world would buy an air conditioner which serves to dehumidify the air or works just as a fan? The purpose of using an air conditioner is of course to cool down the air. Just 1 mode is enough. Too many modes makes operating an air cond so hard that it needs a genius to do it. I spent many years using my air cond to realize that there are 3 modes. I had been wondering why my air cond worked intermittently. Adding to the mess were the timer and sleep functions. The designers should have included a default mode which is air cooling without the timer and sleep, if they so wish to make the air cond so hard for users to use. Another point to make: If you want to save on electrical bill, use a fan, not an air-cond.
