How We Can Keep Cool Without Frying the Grid (Or the Planet)

[rcjordan]

https://rmi.org/how-we-can-keep-cool-without-frying-the-grid-or-the-planet/

[Brad]

Good points about humidity, modern AC would benefit from having part of the dehumidification separate from the cooling.

[rcjordan]

I have 2 dehumidifiers separate from the heat pumps.  The house also has a separate condensate drain system with 3-4 'hidden' drain port accesses in the baseboards located strategically around the floorplan... I should have put one in every room.

One of them is set to 40%, which means it runs 24/7 here except a few weeks in the dead of winter. I'm actually working on one now.

Here's the 24/7 one I use is a central utility closet.
Amazon.com: hOmeLabs 4500 Sq. Ft. - - 50 Pint (Previously 70 Pint)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073VBWKJZ

They last a couple of years of continuous use.  Note the "Previously 70 Pint" annotation. The feds busted just about every dehumidifier marketer a few years ago for lying about the efficiency -US brands, too. ^{(Companies Lie!)}
 
I was going to post that keeping humidity in the house below 60% has been a PITA as hurricane Erin developed and pumped wet air ashore for a couple of weeks. Outside rel% has been 75-90.  No significant rain from Erin, though, which is unusual for a tropical.

[ergophobe]

>> VPPs can help meet growing cooling demand while reducing reliance on costly,

I was invited to a program where I could sell battery power during times of grid stress, but I was having an issue with the inverter at the time and then missed the deadline once I got a better inverter.

Now can't figure it out how to do it. I wonder how much latent capacity like mine is available because people don't know how to set it up.

[rcjordan]

>keeping humidity in the house below 60% has been a PITA as hurricane Erin developed and pumped wet air ashore for a couple of weeks. Outside rel% has been 75-90.

Dehumidifier serviced. Running 24/7.