The heat from dehumidification gets dumped into the dehumidied air. Better to turn down the AC and only use a dehumidifier if absolutely necessary to keep humidity below dangerous levels.
You'd be surprised how much heat they dump into the air. 400 watts of dehumidification can easily be 1200 watts of latent heat.
You should think of dehumidifiers as small space heaters that dry the air a bit.
30 Celsius, but as others write it's the humidity that does the trick. I can do 40 C and super-dry, or 22 and super-humid (and everything below the line that connects these two points).
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 31.1 ms ] threadIf I've acclimated - a very dry, breezy mid-30's (C) or mid-90's (F) is still workable, if not optimal, for work with minimal physical exertion.
Humidity matters a lot. Get a dehumidifier. The cheapest electrical dehumidifiers are air-conditioning.
You'd be surprised how much heat they dump into the air. 400 watts of dehumidification can easily be 1200 watts of latent heat.
You should think of dehumidifiers as small space heaters that dry the air a bit.
I'm sure they don't add heat anywhere.
If i'm lifting equipment, moving desks, that sort of thing... 20c, at 25c im going to be soaked from sweat.
If im working with hot work, like welding or some foundry or greenhouse, probably same idea around 20c. 25c will be too hot to deal with it.