Does Everything Require an IP Address?

Humidity varies by the hour, day, week, month, with a different pattern each summer.

To automate the task of emptying the basement dehumidifier water tank, I installed a digital liquid level sensor, lower right, to detect a full tank and trigger a relay to run a bilge pump located inside the tank for 90 seconds, outlet tube on left.

This could easily be converted to an IOT appliance. With this approach, we could measure and report the amount of water removed from the air over time. This may provide additional insight into controlling humidity, in addition to relative humidity and dewpoint data.

Excess heat from the compressor is vented through the cowling on the right and 4-inch dryer tubing to the outside keeping the basement cool and dry in the summer.