HI there I purchased the Generalaire 900CSW with the General Aire MHX3 Humidistat.
Seller indicated to connect to W and C on Furnance control board so when a call for heat the selenoid would be energized with 24V AC
I have a Keeprite G9MVE0801716 dual stage furnace
Recently upgraded the thermostat to Nest and Nest can control humidifier
The question is, there is a HUM terminal on furnace but I believe it's 110V and comes on when a call for Heat. That would require a step down transformer to 24AC which did not come with the humidifer. Hence it is wired using the W and C on the control board using the 24VAC switch via the thermostat and using the onboard furnance voltage
If I connect up the "*" on Nest for Humidifier control, would I just wire it up with a wire connector in the furnace to the wire that goes from Humidifier to the W terminal (remove it from W) which goes to the Humidistat? And turn up the Humidistat to top reading?
There is a DHUM terminal on the furnance control block but not sure it makes sense to connect the wire from the Nest "*" to DHUM and then the wire from Humidistate to DHUM vs just wiring them up directly off the control board.
Thx
The hum terminal should be 24vac. No need for a step down transformer on this furnace.
If it's live when call for Heat at 24VAC then I presume it would be a wire from HUM and COMMON out to the manual humistat. But I want to control with my NEST so not sure I can use that, can I? How would I wire it in with NEST?
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The NEST supplies 24V on the * terminal. Connect wires to the humidifier solenoid and bring those wires into the furnace blower cabinet. Connect 1 wire to the * wire coming from the thermostat and connect the other wire to the C terminal on the furnace control board. Then enter the NEST pro menu and setup the humidifier to run with heat.
Also if the furnace is set for a 2 stage thermostat and you wired W and W2 between the NEST and furnace, wiring to W will only give you low stage humidity. Using the HUM terminal would work for both low and high stage.
You're best to eliminate the humidistat and use the NEST.
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Here's a question. Is NEST really that much better then a humidistat? Humidistat if placed on a return, senses the humidity of the averaged out air of the entire house. The nest only senses in the nearby vicinity.
Well you're right a humidistat mounted on the return will probably give you more accurate readings. I'm not 100% if the NEST has window frost control, but it knows the outdoor temperature and humidity and may adjust the indoor humidity to prevent moisture and ice forming on the windows. I know the Ecobee3 has this feature. It's similar to what you would get with any automatic humidistat with outdoor sensor.