The bucket-full light stays on even though the bucket is empty. What can I do?

Switch the dehumidifier off and unplug it, then remove the bucket and confirm it is fully empty and that any float inside it moves freely, and slide it back in until it seats completely. If the light stays lit once the bucket is confirmed empty and properly seated, the bucket switch is the more likely cause.

The display shows CL. Do I need a repair?

No - CL is the child-lock indicator on LG's dehumidifiers, the same as on its washers and dryers, and it means the controls have been locked rather than that anything has failed. Check the owner's manual for your model for the release combination before assuming the panel itself is unresponsive.

My dehumidifier is running in a cold basement and ice is forming on the coils. Is that a fault?

Not necessarily. Dehumidifiers generally work less effectively in cool rooms, and coil frost can form when the room temperature is near or below a model's rated minimum. Check the operating range in the owner's manual for your model; if the room is within that range and ice still keeps forming, the fan or a sensor is worth having tested.

Why isn't water draining through the continuous-drain hose?

Gravity drainage only works when the hose runs downhill for its whole length, with no kinks, loops or raised sections along the way. Switch the unit off, then check the full hose route and its connection at the drain as the owner's manual for your model shows before assuming a part inside the unit has failed.

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Dehumidifiers Repair, Done Right the First Time

LG sells a small line of dehumidifiers in the US, and because it is the smallest catalogue LG carries under its own badge, we lean on LG's own documentation for every code rather than assuming a part behaves the way it would on a larger, better-known LG appliance.

An LG dehumidifier is a small refrigeration appliance: a fan pulls humid air across a cold coil, the moisture condenses and drips into a bucket or a drain line, and a humidistat decides when the unit has reached its set point. With a small US catalogue behind it, we rely on LG’s own published fault-code list for this category rather than carrying over assumptions from a larger appliance line.

We check the bucket switch and the humidistat, the fan and the airflow path, and the drain or pump route first, since those cover most of the calls we see. If the compressor or the sealed system itself has failed, we explain the cost against a replacement unit honestly before any work is done, since dehumidifiers in this size class are not always worth a major repair.

Common Dehumidifiers Problems

Running constantly but collecting little or no water

Bucket-full indicator lit with the bucket empty

Frost or ice forming on the coils

Continuous-drain hose not draining, or backing up

Fan running while the compressor never starts

CL shown on the display with the controls not responding

Dehumidifiers Error Codes

Recognize a code on your display? Look it up before you unplug anything or attempt a repair.

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Common Dehumidifiers Problems

Dehumidifiers Error Codes

CH

CH24

CH67

CH01, CH02, CH03

CL (Dehumidifier Child Lock)

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