[Barefoot]

Does anyone know where we can buy a humidistat in TV? We've tried Ace Hardware in Southern Trace and Wildwood, Home Depot, Johnstone Supply in Ocala, Lowes, and electrical supply company on 441.

Also, should we leave our golf cart plugged in or not? Should we leave the refrigerator plugged in or not? Opinions seems to vary wildly.

Thanks in advance.

Sadly leaving TV for the summer.
Barefoot no longer

[ohiogolf]

Munn's installed ours. It only took them a short time.

[graciegirl]

What is a humidistat and what does it do? Remove humidity?

[Russ_Boston]

According to the dictionary a humidistat measures humidity while a dehumidifier will lessen the humidity. I assume a humidistat will monitor the humidity and turn on a dehumidifier if the humidity goes beyond a set point?

Something like that?

Why not just set the AC to some high number and let it dehumidify the home while gone. Can't cost much to keep it at 80 degrees or so.

Of course I'm just guessing since i don't own in TV yet.

[chuckinca]

We keep our mostly vacant 1750 SF house at 80, leave the fridge on, hot water off, brother comes in twice monthly to have a cold one and check things out and drive the car around for the day, no cart yet. Nice having relatives close - a big reason why we bought in this area.

Electric bill averages about $65/mo ($85 in high summer and $10 in Nov)

[JanetandCarol]

I got my humidistat from Sunkool when they came to service the AC. We keep it set at 60 degrees and 80 degrees while we are still up North. We also put a serge protector on the AC. JanetandCarol

[bobfl]

The big problem is preventing mold in the house. This was a big surprise for us when we came to Florida. Never was a problem up North in RI.
The Humidistat is used to control operation of your airconditioning system by only running it when humidity reaches a set point. The temperature, not being controlled, will normally go higher than usual when running like this but since you are not there it really doesn't matter. If you were to set the thermostat to say 8o degrees without humidity control you could get into a situation where the temp was 79 degrees and the humidity was 85%. This would not be a good thing! They tell me that mold will begin to form above 70%. I set my humidistat to 60% and thermostat to 70 degrees. This works because they are wired in series. In essence the thermostat is always calling for the air to come on but the humidistat will only allow it to come on if humidity exceeds 60%. I have done this for seven consecutive years now and have never seen any mold or smells at all. Unit does not run much because nobody is showering, cooking or breathing moisture into the air. You only have to deal with whatever humidity leaks into the house from outside. Electric bill runs about $18 mo. in the Summer using this system.

For what its worth this what I have learned from research and living down here for seven years. I hope it helps

[Barefoot]

Bobfl - We are absolutely convinced of the wisdom of using a humidistat. You are very knowledgeable and I thank you for your information.

I know that for $130, Munns Air Conditioning will install a humidistat. Because my husband is very handy, he'd like to do it himself.

Does anyone know where we can buy a humidistat?

[Russ_Boston]

Good info Bob! Makes sense.

[Muncle]

Try http://tinyurl.com/5k73gd

That's Home Depot for the Honeywell HE8908 Humidistat Humidifier Control

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Muncle

Try http://tinyurl.com/5k73gd
That's Home Depot for the Honeywell HE8908 Humidistat Humidifier Control

Thanks Muncle, that is exactly the information I was looking for. :bigthumbsup: Thanks for getting out of bed so early to send me this note! Now I can go back to sleep.

[Sidney Lanier]

The fellow who services our golf cart in our driveway, who impresses us with his real attention to detail (All About Carts--Karl--whose phone number I don't have with us), says that not only should the golf cart be left UNPLUGGED during an absence (as well as unplugging the charger itself), he goes further to say that a purist would unplug the cart whenever it's fully charged! We'd been told to unplug virtually everything, from TVs to clock radios, the issue being lightning! We did install a whole house surge suppressor but even so know that lightning has a life of its own....

[Muncle]

Originally Posted by Sidney Lanier

We'd been told to unplug virtually everything, from TVs to clock radios, the issue being lightning! We did install a whole house surge suppressor but even so know that lightning has a life of its own....

I've been reading this :edit: forum too much. I read the above and was trying to understand where Sidney had The Villages plugged in and how one went about unplugging the entire community complex. Maybe I just need some rest. I saw the subject GOOD JOB FREEZERS and wondered if there was a hiring freeze on all the decent jobs in the area or if someone was bragging about a particular brand of freezer. And since I too am getting a bit burned out on some stuff, I am going to quit reading the I will not read the political forum any more thread. In fact, I believe an entire forum should be set up for the I will not read the political forum any more topic. It could lead to many variations. Right now I'm thinking about blackballing the Pet Discussion site, but I am curious about the shock collars and don't want to miss someone offering to test one on the LSL camera. Also the Churches of the Villages (TV!) is in trouble. If God wants me to know something, he probably won't send it via the TOTV threads. Yeah, I need some rest, but first, the meds.

[golfnut]

Bob, you have your thermostat set at 70 degrees and electric bill is $18 ?????

[hunt9791]

We've had a summer place up North in the mountains and it is only occupied for 5-6 weeks during the year and we always turn-off the refrigerator when we leave and prop the door open...same unit has lasted 32 years!!! Remember to unscrew the light bulb or better yet unplug it.