Not that old. A GE. I’m sure it’s OOW. It is clean with no dirt on fins. In an enclosed room, so I increased air flow with fans. Don’t know if that matters. Looks new, bought new. Time to shit can?
Anything I can do? I’ve been using on a timer where it runs for an hour, ices up, then melts over the next 3 hrs or so. Thanks

What is the room temperature?

Basement. 60s
It still dehumidifies, but ices up.

It's common for dehumidifiers to ice up if the room temperature is below 65 degrees.

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
It's common for dehumidifiers to ice up if the room temperature is below 65 degrees.

This ^^^^^

Yep, typical conventional refrigerant dehumidifier. Even the commercial low grain refrigerant dehumidifiers we use in my industry work best between 70-90 degrees. They will go in to a defrost cycle often as well. Bump the temps up and it won’t freeze up as often, no need to replace it.

Thanks guys

Most modern dehumidifiers have low temperature deicers which makes them work below 55 degrees. Even an old one should work at 60 degrees.

If your stated temperatures are right, I would say that there is a sensor of some kind that needs to be replaced.

V.

Turn down your humidity number when it's cooler.

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Originally posted by White Phosphorus:
Most modern dehumidifiers have low temperature deicers which makes them work below 55 degrees. Even an old one should work at 60 degrees.

If your stated temperatures are right, I would say that there is a sensor of some kind that needs to be replaced.

V.

I suspect the OP has a little off the shelf unit, nothing special. Even if it does work below 60ish degrees the grain depression is minimal.

OP, what’s the relative humidity in your basement?