Absolutly Fred. I agree. Just as all the buildings in So Cal in the early 1900s had cheap water tanks placed in the hot sun to heat the water. Paint them black. No need for anything fancy. Can't do that now. The problem is cutting the red tape tied to it all. There should be an "on the spot" design and install division that has the power to bend the codes and deal with it later. That way heating people can deal with buildings that are mini climate problems without months of delays. A consluting engineer, an innovative foreman with a crew that doesn't really care about rules ( they probably drink and smoke pot) and you can get a lot done. Sort of a homeland security blanket. Keith Roberts On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> wrote: > On Jan 11, 2011, at 10:58 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: > > The reality is; this costs more to install. More codes, more money. You >> need to get the powers that be to fork out the money >> > > > It would certainly cost somewhat more to install: some form of > misting system (turning water into water vapor) and humidistat. But a basic > unit to maintain a lower level of, say, 30% RH +or - 7% would be a > negligible cost compared to the whole project of a new HVAC or renovation of > an old one. At least I am pretty certain this is the case. Also inexpensive > to run. Which is why I keep harping on the idea. > Lowering high RH is quite expensive. Maintaining a tight parameter > is quite expensive. But if we can find a relatively inexpensive alternative, > that isn't ideal but makes a considerable improvement, we will all be way > ahead. There are other benefits besides piano tuning stability: reduced > static electric problems (electronics issues), human health, etc. > > Regards, > Fred Sturm > fssturm at unm.edu > "I am only interested in music that is better than it can be played." > Schnabel > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110112/a9d24e69/attachment.htm>
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