Will non-lennox brands work for independent humidity control in a Lennox system

>I am a building contractor and recently had an A/C contractor install a
>high end 18.6 SEER Lennox Heat Pump with a dual stage compressor and
>variable speed air handler in one of our custom homes. We paid for, and
>the final invoice clearly indicates that they were to install a Lennox
>thermostat with humidity control. They actually installed a Honeywell
>TH8320 which does not have idependent humidty control. I'm trying to
>figure out what to tell them to replace the thermostat with.
> The Lennox tech support individual told me that he thought that for true
> optimal humidty control where it works by running the blower on low to
> rapidly dehumidify the home, we would have to use the Lennox 81M28
> thermostat and that he didn't think we could use other brands.
> My question is this: do you think that that the suport tech was correct
> that we have to use a Lennox branded thermostat to work best or to work at
> all with the Lennox for humidity control? I'm questioning him since he
> didn't sound 100% like he was positive about the advice he was giving me.
> If it's true that other brands will work just fine with the Lennox system,
> do you have a recommendation for the best/most reliable/most bells and
> whistles/whatever brand of thermostat? Since we definitely have to swap
> out the thermostat, I figured we might as well ask the question as to
> which is the best one to buy for them. The Honeywell units sure look much
> nicer than the Lennox thermostats (the Honeywell VisionPro TH8321U1006 has
> independent dehumidification control), but I don't want to make a decision
> based purely on appearance.

>I am a building contractor and recently had an A/C contractor install a high

>On Wed, 02 May 2007 20:34:15 GMT, "David Jensen"

>>I am a building contractor and recently had an A/C contractor install a high

>        My ass you are. You're a liar, is what you are. You're some
>guy doing a little 'fix-er-upper' rental on the side.
>"David Jensen
>Change the xyz in my email address to MJ for my real email address. "
>You work for
>http://www.mjassociates.net/mja.html
>"David Jensen - Principal
>David, co-founder of MJ Associates, has been working in hospital
>finance for 9 years."
>You ask amateur questions about 'how to use Visio to design a homesite
>http://tinyurl.com/2lftpx
>and at
>http://tinyurl.com/2ra9ok
>"Greetings. I am remodeling a 50 year old house in warm and humid
>central Florida. The house needs additional insulation and I'm
>trying to figure out the best thing to do. I feel that I have two
>practial choices. I could just blow fiberglass on the floor of the
>attic like everyone else does or I could insulate the top chord of
>the 2 X 8 rafters with fiberglass batts. "
>and at
>http://tinyurl.com/32yjv4
>"David Jensen View profile
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>I have a home that I have added a 2nd story porch to. Detailed and
>related pictures can be seen at
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/19579422@N00/tags/porch/. It is a wooden
>porch with 3/4" plywood over 2X8 joists on 16" centers on a 6'+ span
>(quite sturdy, in other words). The plywood has been carefully
>flashed around the perimeter and than waterproofed with a torch-down
>granulated roofing system. I am trying to figure out the best way to
>put 1/2" brick pavers over the granulated torch down material. Can I
>use thinset and attach the tile directly to the torch down? "
>etc
>etc
>You were in here a while ago, pretending to be a builder, too ( June
>of 2006 )
>http://tinyurl.com/ytfnae
>"I am a builder down here in Florida and I desire to build very energy
>efficient homes."
>but at the same time -
>http://tinyurl.com/2boxwn
>"Where is the best place for a new landlord to obtain solid
>state-specific rental agreement forms?"

>On Wed, 02 May 2007 18:17:41 -0400, .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com
>wrote:

>>On Wed, 02 May 2007 20:34:15 GMT, "David Jensen"

>>>I am a building contractor and recently had an A/C contractor install a high

>>        My ass you are. You're a liar, is what you are. You're some
>>guy doing a little 'fix-er-upper' rental on the side.
>>"David Jensen
>>Change the xyz in my email address to MJ for my real email address. "
>>You work for
>>http://www.mjassociates.net/mja.html
>>"David Jensen - Principal
>>David, co-founder of MJ Associates, has been working in hospital
>>finance for 9 years."
>>You ask amateur questions about 'how to use Visio to design a homesite
>>http://tinyurl.com/2lftpx
>>and at
>>http://tinyurl.com/2ra9ok
>>"Greetings. I am remodeling a 50 year old house in warm and humid
>>central Florida. The house needs additional insulation and I'm
>>trying to figure out the best thing to do. I feel that I have two
>>practial choices. I could just blow fiberglass on the floor of the
>>attic like everyone else does or I could insulate the top chord of
>>the 2 X 8 rafters with fiberglass batts. "
>>and at
>>http://tinyurl.com/32yjv4
>>"David Jensen View profile
>> More options Sep 6 2006, 3:44 pm
>>Newsgroups: alt.building.construction
>>Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:44:07 GMT
>>Local: Wed, Sep 6 2006 3:44 pm
>>Subject: Brick pavers over torch-down roofing on 2nd story porch
>>Reply to author | Forward | Print | Individual message | Show original
>>| Report this message | Find messages by this author
>>I have a home that I have added a 2nd story porch to. Detailed and
>>related pictures can be seen at
>>http://www.flickr.com/photos/19579422@N00/tags/porch/. It is a wooden
>>porch with 3/4" plywood over 2X8 joists on 16" centers on a 6'+ span
>>(quite sturdy, in other words). The plywood has been carefully
>>flashed around the perimeter and than waterproofed with a torch-down
>>granulated roofing system. I am trying to figure out the best way to
>>put 1/2" brick pavers over the granulated torch down material. Can I
>>use thinset and attach the tile directly to the torch down? "
>>etc
>>etc
>>You were in here a while ago, pretending to be a builder, too ( June
>>of 2006 )
>>http://tinyurl.com/ytfnae
>>"I am a builder down here in Florida and I desire to build very energy
>>efficient homes."
>>but at the same time -
>>http://tinyurl.com/2boxwn
>>"Where is the best place for a new landlord to obtain solid
>>state-specific rental agreement forms?"

>hehehe. I love it when he (Paul) does that. :-)
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