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Originally Posted by Gladys Turnip
We like to keep the humidity in our (new) home in TV under 60%, preferably closer to 50%. We have a heat pump, and an ecobee 3 lite thermostat.
We found that in the summer, the humidity was fairly easy to control, most likely because the A/C had to run a lot to keep the house cool (and of course the A/C also serves a dehumidifying function).
However, now that winter is coming and the temperatures are dropping, the A/C does not run as often, sometimes not running all night (and I see next week low temps will be near 50, so I would expect the A/C may not run all day).
When the A/C does not run, the humidity sneaks back up, like to the low or mid-60% range.
My questions are:
-- Does anyone else out there have this problem?, and
-- What do you (can I) do about it?
Thanks!
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You should have a humidistat on your ac. I was told to keep it set at 60% humidity. If the humidity rises above that it will trigger the ac no matter how cold it is outside and what the heat is set to. If yours doesn’t do that perhaps you need your HVAC checked. Hope this helps.