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Dehumidifiers and smart plugs

Adam Levy
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Hi everyone.  I closed on my 2d property last month and am having work done in the basement.  I'm not going to buy the $2k industrial dehumidifier my contractor is pushing, so wondering if anyone has a model with a pump that can be commonly found (Home Depot/Lowe's) that they strongly do or don't recommend?  I'm told many units with built in pumps fail within a couple years so just hoping to find the most reliable one I can.  

Separately: I'd love to put this on a smart plug* but the tenant doesn't have wifi for me to connect to.  I'm not ordering a wifi connection just for this so if anyone has a creative answer I'd love to hear it.  

*I want to make sure it's being run for appropriate amounts of time.


Thanks!

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Andrew B.
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Andrew B.
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I'm really confused on what the smart plug is for. The humidifier should have a built in humidistat, which will turn the unit on and off when the humidity changes.

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