Air Conditioning - on demand dehumid

hello just unhooked my humidifer and put the wireson the terminal for dehumidification, my question is how do i know this is working? using humidistat to work ondemand dehumidification, do i set the humidistat at the level humidity i want? thanks

Forgive me for not being high tech or knowing all that is available with the latest HVAC systems and dehumidification and humidification. Go to the store where they sell thermometers and buy a hygrometer. Your interior humidity level should be maintained between 35 to 55% year round. The humidity will vary among your rooms, with kitchens and baths and laundry being the highest because that's usually where the water is.

Our techie pros will be along shortly to address the operation of your system. The only way for you to know what is going on is to purchase a hygrometer and to monitor humidity levels.

I sincerely hope that you didn't fry your board by connecting your humidifier to the dehumidification terminals.

Humidification of the air in your house is a really simple process. Your humidifier is simply evaporating water into the airstream of your furnace during its run cycle.

On the other hand, DEhumidification is a rather complex process. It involves cooling the airflow below the "dew point" at which point the moisture that is in the air in a gaseous state will condense into liquid water on the cooling device. This is done by the evaporator coil (cooling coil) of your air conditioning system that is installed in the furnace ductwork and has the house air forced over it by the blower. This water then drips off of the coil to a drain pan and is drained from the furnace housing.

For all practical purposes you cannot dehumidify without first cooling the air considerably from the ambient temperature.

The dehumidifier terminals on your furnace / air handler are for the connection of a device called a humidistat. This unit outwardly looks similar to a thermostat but it has a scale marked in %RH (percent Relative Humidity) and is sensitive to the amount of moisture in the air. When the humidity is above the "set point" of the humidistat it closes the contacts and causes the blower in the furnace / air handler to run at a slower speed. This slower speed allows the air a longer contact time with the cooling coil and thereby removes more of the moisture.

When the humidistat is "satisfied", that is, when the room humidity is lower than the set point, the contact open and the blower speed returns to its normal cooling speed.

i unhooked the set of wires that go to the humidifer and hooked the other set which is r and c with the r on furnace and odd terminal. unit is a rheem.
maybe i will not see this feature right now not real humid.

But, there is always a but in HVAC.

Your A/C is your dehumidifier. It 's hardest job is removing moisture (Latent Heat) before it can start making the air cold (Sensible Heat).

Chris