Dampp chasers

Don drose@dlcwest.com
Mon, 09 Mar 1998 14:00:24 -0600


Hi Karen,

This is a prime example of why techs should install the new smart bar
system. It will let the client know when the pads need replacement.


At 12:52 PM 3/9/98 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-03-09 12:30:24 EST, you write:
>
><< Don't really see this as a possibility with a Dampp-Chaser system, David.
> In the most extreme dry conditions here in Oklahoma I've experienced, it
> takes a week and a half before the low warning light comes on.
>  >>
>
>The dampp chaser thread has struck a bell with me.  I have had a system in my
>Kawai ust7 for 10 1/2 years.  I hadn't used much water this winter and I was
>wondering if it was because the weather has been mild for a Minnesota winter.
>I added water 2 weeks ago and also changed the pads.  The low water light came
>on in only 2 weeks!  I would like to deduce that changing the pads enabled the
>water to wick up to the heater bar more efficiently.  Perhaps my piano was
>"water deprived" all winter-long!  Any comments?  I don't have a humidty
>measuring device, so I have not tracked the rh.
>
>Karen Johnson
>Rochester, MN
>
>
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
"Tuner for the Centre of the Arts"
drose@dlcwest.com
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REGINA, SK
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