Run Dehumidifier With Solar Panel

When the compressor starts in the dehumidifier the starting power draw can be well over 3000 watts.

Run dehumidifier with solar panel.

We have a dehumidifier and we really want to make it solar powered. If you want to run it at night you will need batteries too. I have run an eva dry edv 2200 peltier effect dehumidifier from solar power taking the ac adapter out of the loop completely and running 12v from the charge controller output. You need to regulate the power from the solar panel into either the humidifier or the battery setup.

If you have a lot of chilly rainy days where the kiln isn t getting much solar gain and the drying is going slow you could try it. Also you would need enough solar panels to provide enough power for the dehumidifier and the inverter. Solar panels are dc. When in doubt go slow.

If you have at least 500 square feet of photovoltaic panels in good condition and a high capacity sine wave inverter. A battery will store energy from the solar panel so you can use it later. Which they sandwiched between a solar panel and a water condensing plate. Figure out the right charge controller.

If the system can t supply t. Solar powered dehumidifier pulls fresh water out of thin air. So if someone needs enough cooling power to justify even a very small commercial dehumidifier and they would like to make the most efficient use of their spare solar panels it would be better by far to convert the dc output of the solar panels to ac using an inexpensive inverter and use that to power their mechanical dehumidifer. Would we charge a rechargable battery using the solar rays or would we run it on solar power alone.

The solar panel that i have been looking at is the sunforce 50022 5 watt solar battery trickle charger. To use them you would need an inverter to match the type of power ac t0 dc and the voltage needed for the dehumidifier. Helps for cloudy days or when the panel otherwise doesn t output the same power as the humidifier uses. We just need help in the way to power it.