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Originally Posted by Toymeister
An a.c. Unit does remove humidity, a fancy thermostat gives you more information on how the a.c. Is performing in your home. There are hundreds of websites that discuss this. A.c. Dehumidifies passively, but you will probably be running your a.c. Anyways. So you will dehumidify even if that is not what you intend to do. The question is is that low enough humidity for you. If you have spent time in a hotel or just about any other public building you have a point of reference if the humidity relief is great enough.
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An a.c. unit does remove humidity as it cools the air, but the primary function is to lower the temp. A dehumidifier is different because it's primary goal is to lower the humidity without lowering the temp. To do this, it first lowers the temp to remove moisture and then reheats the air back to the original temp, so the end result is a lower humidity with no change in temp. An a.c. unit alone will not do this.