Kenmore 54501 Dehumidifier - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

You've posted in DEhumidifier section. Sounds like you have a Humidifier. Please post there. Although why you want to add humidity to the tropics is beyond me.

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ck your setting on control panel sometimes they get changed , also ck that your catch bucket is fully installed sensors are there that keep it from running if it does not have a bucket installed

were all the packing materials removed from inside unit before start up , lots of times one misses a small piece of tape they add at factory to catch bucket , to keep it in place during shipping , this will prevent the unit from working as it makes control box think there's no bucket in place to catch water

unit runs If set to continuous mode only ? the other settings are a time off function that lets unit run only a portion of day , saves energy

noisey machines is a very common complaint I hear , most times it comes from being placed on a non level floor , and only two or three of the four legs are touching the floor , this makes it go off balance , second on units that run for greater than a year , they pick up build up on there fans and this makes it Micro wobble , fans can be removed and cleaned and legs can be shimmed to touch floor

most units draw in the front and expel from the rear air , keeping filters clean (never run without one) is important for this function , frost on coils is a sure sign that air flow is low , or might be unit has lost [part of its gas charge due to heat build up from loss of cooling

listen for it , compressors have a distinct sound of tiny rocks hitting a pan (that not what's really going on in there ) that fans don't have most units have a timer function that makes u wait for compressor to come on long after fan starts , so u might have to listen for up to fifteen minutes for it

if water full light stays on the compressor wont start and remove water from air , investigate why light stays on ? is bucket really full? is sensor knocked out of its fragile holder ? is bucket all the way inside machine so that sensor is connected ?

I would guess that some rubber anti-vibration mounts have aged. If so this may allow the cooling fan to move and grate on the fan housing. It is unusual for the hermetic compressor to give trouble but having just said that, on rare occasions the big-end bearing can fail. This would cause a very obvious knocking noise coming from the compressor. Its just a case of carefully opening up the dehumidifier housing and looking to see what is happening. As an aide-memoire one can tape all the screws to a piece of cardboard adding notes as to where they came from. Take care and good luck!

The model number you supplied is not listed on the Sears parts direct web site. There are 3 models with C675 ahead of 25xxx but none with 25044.

(1) Make sure that the fan is turning OK as dust often gums-up the bearings. (2) Make sure that the heat exchangers are not clogged with dust. If the main motor, the so-called pot, is running but no cooling results it could be (A) The refrigerant has been lost. This is an extremely bad fault which makes the unit a basket-case. The reason being that even if a self-piercing filling point is added to recharge the unit with refrigerant, unless the leak is found and fixed the repair will be a nine day wonder. (B) This fault is more likely and the fix is do-able. It is quite likely that the machine is stuck in its defrost cycle. Wiring problems, thermistor problems or relay problems are all possibilities. Some machines use an electric heater on the evaporator (the part that freezes-out moisture from the air) If the heater is stuck on, the evaporator will never become cold enough to work. The more usual defrosting method is Hot Gas Purge and if this is the type used there will be a special electrically operated valve in the refrigeration circuit. Often the default is to defrost-on-start-up so its easy to listen to the valve to see whether it clicks. Good luck!

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There is a float in the back, make sure it is dropping all the way. If the rear tank isn't fully inserted it will also prevent the full indicator from resetting. Occasionally hard water deposits will build up, and it's usually just a matter of cycling the float up and down by hand a few times till it loosens up.

Pull the humidistat dial off. Remove two screws on the bottom of the front panel. Pull the panel off from the bottom. There are two tabs on the top that will come out when the panel is rotated approximately 45 degrees. There are two oil ports on the top of the motor. Reverse the process to rerassemble the dehumidifier.

Hi,
There are many reasons why a dehumidifier willnot work or collect water.
Here is a tip that I wrote to help people to figure out what is going wrongwith their dehumidifier

Dehumidifier is running but no water is in bucket

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Sounds like the filter switch is stuck. Have you tried bumping the side of the dehumidifer to see if something is sticking? Don't hit it hard, just bump it and see if the light goes out.

Go by a local air conditioner supply house and ask them. Usually if they can't get the part they know where to go to get parts for home appliances like Dehumidifers. Take the fan motor with you they may have something on the shelf that will work.

Dehumidifers are cheaply made and most likely it has formed a refrigerant leak. It would cost more to repair than to replace with a new one. They are basically a disposable appliance.

Check with a local Sears store. They specialise in Kenmore appliances and can maybe order one for you.