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 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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