lumber and humidity

As you might imagine, if you load a bunch of lumber into a water tight container like we have done, there will be a certain amount of moisture given off, with no place to go. Anticipating that, we bought a dehumidifier and 250 ft of 12-2g wire (which we will later use to wire the house) and connected the "cord" to the power at the well house. Sure enough, the marvelous machine began to suck water out of the air at a great rate. We hope that over time the lumber will dry out nicely.