zeppelin111968
Premium Member
- Model Number
- FFRA051ZA1
- Brand
- Frigidaire
- Age
- Less than 1 year
Hello, i have some questions that i just can't seem to find or figure out the answers to and hopefully you can help. I recently bought a Frigidaire FFRA051ZA1 5,000 BTU window air conditioner. For a 150 sq ft bedroom occupied by 2 adults 1 infant and 2 dogs. My window around the unit is completely sealed the HVAC vent in the room is sealed and the door is kept closed and i have noticed a humidity problem i never before had UNTIL i installed this window unit.
When the compressor is on it dehumidifies the room say down to 50 percent once that compressor in the unit kicks off ill watch the humidity percentage rise drastically on the digital thermometer that i have. I'll watch it rise probably 10 percent within maybe 20 mins when the compressor kicks off. So say 60 percent humidity now and compressor kicks on and brings in down to 55 then compressor kicks off and humidity rises to 65 and so on and so forth until it's in the 70s and then i can't take it no more and open my bedroom door which then dehumidifies the room. There's no running water in here no bathroom nothing to give off moisture.
Before i had this unit and was using the HVAC system the temp would be set to 76 and i would keep the bedroom door closed but it would get hot in here up to 81 degrees before i couldn't take it and had to open the door to cool the room. BUT humidity would stay around 55% with the door closed before this window unit was installed. And since the air was kept at 76 or 77 it rarely kicked on and when it did not much air came through the vent. So i don't understand why i did not have a humidity issue UNTIL i installed a window unit. I've had this window unit bring the temp. Down to 70 degrees and when the compressor kicked off the humidity would rise to 60 percent or more while the temp. Stayed at 70 degrees.
I have gotten the temp down to where i like it as well as humidity (from opening and closing bedroom door)and manually turned the unit completely off and the humidity would not rise as it would if the compressor turned off and the fan stayed running. The humidity only drastically rises when the compressor stops running and the fan continues running. I also thought this unit was bringing in the humidity from outside when the fan stayed on after the compressor turned off until i found out that this unit has a closed vent system so it recirculates the bedroom air not bringing in any outside air.
Which now has me confused as to what is happening and why the humidity rises dramatically once the compressor kicks off and the fan stays running. This humidity issue only started AFTER i installed window unit. Why do you think this is happening? Will a different window unit solve my problem?
When the compressor is on it dehumidifies the room say down to 50 percent once that compressor in the unit kicks off ill watch the humidity percentage rise drastically on the digital thermometer that i have. I'll watch it rise probably 10 percent within maybe 20 mins when the compressor kicks off. So say 60 percent humidity now and compressor kicks on and brings in down to 55 then compressor kicks off and humidity rises to 65 and so on and so forth until it's in the 70s and then i can't take it no more and open my bedroom door which then dehumidifies the room. There's no running water in here no bathroom nothing to give off moisture.
Before i had this unit and was using the HVAC system the temp would be set to 76 and i would keep the bedroom door closed but it would get hot in here up to 81 degrees before i couldn't take it and had to open the door to cool the room. BUT humidity would stay around 55% with the door closed before this window unit was installed. And since the air was kept at 76 or 77 it rarely kicked on and when it did not much air came through the vent. So i don't understand why i did not have a humidity issue UNTIL i installed a window unit. I've had this window unit bring the temp. Down to 70 degrees and when the compressor kicked off the humidity would rise to 60 percent or more while the temp. Stayed at 70 degrees.
I have gotten the temp down to where i like it as well as humidity (from opening and closing bedroom door)and manually turned the unit completely off and the humidity would not rise as it would if the compressor turned off and the fan stayed running. The humidity only drastically rises when the compressor stops running and the fan continues running. I also thought this unit was bringing in the humidity from outside when the fan stayed on after the compressor turned off until i found out that this unit has a closed vent system so it recirculates the bedroom air not bringing in any outside air.
Which now has me confused as to what is happening and why the humidity rises dramatically once the compressor kicks off and the fan stays running. This humidity issue only started AFTER i installed window unit. Why do you think this is happening? Will a different window unit solve my problem?