Dehumidifier vs air conditioner energy use.
Air to air exchanger vs dehumidifier.
In our climate zone the best equipment for ventilating your home and dehumidifying indoor air is a whole house dehumidifier with positive pressure from fresh outdoor air.
They work by sucking in air which is then rapidly cooled down.
They are really a quite simple machine.
Like an erv a ventilating dehumidifier introduces fresh air from outside your home filters it and removes indoor air for consistent circulation.
The heat exchanger is not 100 effective so there is some sensible cooling from the sd 12 in addition to the dehumidification.
A dehumidifier is a machine that is used to suck that moisture out of the air with the main goal of drying the air in your home.
In energy use dehumidifier vs air conditioner the debate is not so all encompassing because there are many types of air conditioners and dehumidifiers.
I would recommend not.
The supply air temperature from the sd 12 is significantly closer to the return air temperature than a typical ac system but it is still a lower temperature than the return air temperature.