[BogeyBoy]

Originally Posted by iaudit

I don't mean to be picky, but it really is a DEhumidistat not a humidistat. It works with the air conditioner to remove humidity from the environment, hence the use of the prefix DE. A humidistat would be used to ADD humidity to the environment.

The controller that runs the equipment is generally referred to as the humidistat. The paperwork I received with ours from TV when we purchased our home also refers to it as the humidistat setting. Humidistats can control humidifiers or dehumidifiers.