[GoodGuysAir]

Good Guys Air checking in with some info. Before moving to the villages I had a vacation home in the Tampa area that I kept at 80 degrees when I was not there during months at a time. I also had a web connected thermostat to monitor and alert me of problems. Humidity stayed between 40 and 50. My home was built in 1979 with original single pane windows and not built with the higher standards of the homes here in the villages. If A/C is working correctly it will keep humidity under control by simply keeping at one temp and allowing it to run as needed. Some stats also allow a high limit set point in case humidity does go up. The old way of controlling humidity was to install a basic dehumidistat as mentioned many times in this thread. The current and most accurate way is using a modern digital thermostat with a dehumidification mode with web monitoring which will alert you if the humidity gets too high so you can have your contractor respond in an emergency to prevent damage from an inoperative AC system.

Also, keep the fan in the "Auto" setting to help control humidity.