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Old 02-08-2016, 05:38 PM
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I am wondering what humidistat people are using with their apex systems via breakout box to control a ventilation fan...
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Old 02-10-2016, 04:52 PM
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I have not. But just an opinion.
Any mechanical style humidistat would work . The ones off humidifiers . Set it at 40 % wire it as you would a float switch to the breakout box .The humidistat are usually normally open.
Then Program an outlet when switch closed to on .this will activate the dehumidification. Fan , Hrv, furnace fan . Anything.
I'd add a 5 Minuit delay on reactivation
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I just wired an exhaust fan directly to a typical household humidistat because I couldn't think of any reason why I wouldn't want to have the room purged when the humidity gets too high. I have a separate cooling fan controlled by the Apex for when the tank gets too warm.
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I just wired an exhaust fan directly to a typical household humidistat because I couldn't think of any reason why I wouldn't want to have the room purged when the humidity gets too high. I have a separate cooling fan controlled by the Apex for when the tank gets too warm.
That's a great idea... Save a spot on the BB for another float or something
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