u/Redsquirreltree

Help me convince someone that a dehumidifier works.

The situation is an old uninsulated house in New Orleans, which is as humid as it gets. It is used as a retail store and is a rental.

The plan is to run the dehumidifier at night, along with the air conditioners set at 74.

Then turn the dehumidifier off during the day and lower the thermostat on the AC’s.

Is this plan good?

Is it cheaper and or better than running only AC’s at night?

It is a 1902 house in New Orleans, where it is hot and SUPER humid.

It is a shotgun house and it is a rental so options are limited.

The house is poorly insulated. It is a two bedroom house with a back part that is sort of a den.

The central air conditioner barely handles the front of the house, it can not even touch the back den part of the house, so we have a curtain to keep the cooled air in the front of the house.

Is it better to run the dehumidifier in the front where the air conditioner is barely working, or the back where it is always hot anyway, and of course humid?

Location: US

I get a few calls per week from different debt collectors for somebody else.

I do not know why they are calling me, I no longer speak with this person for very good reasons.

Can I charge the debt collectors for the new phone number?