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    huskerpet75 Posts: 5, Reputation: 1
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    Jun 24, 2008, 04:44 PM
    Can you rewire a humidifier to make it a dehumidifier?
    Can you rewire a humidifier to make it a dehumidifier?
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    #2

    Jun 24, 2008, 04:49 PM
    No.
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    Jun 24, 2008, 04:54 PM
    I'm just talking about a small, probably 1 gal. home unit. It's not a central air nor furnace unit model.
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    #4

    Jun 24, 2008, 05:08 PM
    It would be easier to redefine the laws of Physics.

    Please purchase a dehumidifier.
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    Jun 24, 2008, 05:13 PM
    One takes moisture out of the air using a condenser. The other puts humidity into the air. There is no way you can just "rewire" to get this to happen. Nice try, no cigar.
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    Jun 24, 2008, 06:53 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by huskerpet75
    I'm just talking about a small, probably 1 gal., home unit. It's not a central air nor furnace unit model.
    How in the world does this change a solid NO to anything else??

    I like Don's answer!
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    #7

    Jun 24, 2008, 09:42 PM
    Are you trying to remove the humidity from your home so that your ceiling fan will work? Just curious...
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    Jun 24, 2008, 10:23 PM
    Ceiling fans should work no matter how humid it is.

    And to the original poster, no, and NO.
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    Jun 24, 2008, 10:23 PM
    Hey maybe if they flip the plug around and plug it in backwards it will work? Maybe if they set it upside down?
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    Jun 25, 2008, 08:57 PM
    Who knows... I have honestly never heard anything like this before, and I have been asked some pretty wild questions.
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    Jun 27, 2008, 05:23 PM
    I was making a joke, those two things won't work
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