Re: Want a portable dehumidifier to work with heater fan

[pbbl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Graven Water)]

I wrote:
> I want to run a portable dehumidifier with an external dehumidistat
> (switch that goes on when the humidity is above a certain level).
> And I'd like the furnace fan to go on when the dehumidifier does, to
> circulate the air in my house so it'll dehumidify  my whole house.
> The dehumidifier has to have a manual control to do this

I mean a mechanical control.  My tongue got tangled, or my virtual tongue,
my fingers.

Laura

> the ones with electronic controls forget their settings when power goes
> off, or they have a capacitor so they remember the setting a short time.
> Am I right that this would be a simple thing to do?  Can anyone describe
> to me how it could be done?  I'd get an electrician to set it up, but
> I'd like to get an idea of how it would work.
> There are various dehumidistats around.  Honeywell makes one that is
> wall-mounted and directly connected to the house wiring, also one that
> ?is an interrupt switch and plugs into a wall outlet.