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Old 08-24-2010, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by iandwk View Post
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but you won't need a humidistat if you are a frog as you're signature says. Their purpose is to run the AC enough to keep the humidity at a set level regardless of room temperature while you are away for extended periods to keep from having mildew when you get back. It's cheaper to do that than to control humidity by setting the thermostat at a certain temperature.
Very good point but I'm "soon to be a frog", as my signature says. I'm not quite full time yet but as to your point, I probably don't really need one since I don't expect to be gone for extended periods of time.