Dampp-Chaser Partial Systems

[larudee@pacbell.net]

John,

Perhaps this is a terminology problem, but by "heater" do you mean
dehumidifier rod?  If so, that is in fact the correct item to plug into
the dehumidifier socket.  There is a short "smart" heater bar that sits
above the tank and helps to evaporate the water to increase the
humidity.  That bar gets plugged into the humidifier socket, but from
your description, that is not the one you are talking about.

Paul Larudee

John Ross wrote:

> Hi List,
> I had a customer, who came from S.C., she just had the
> humidistat and heater
> installed. This I can understand, is all that is
> needed in that climate.
> However the heater bar was plugged into the
> de-humidifier socket. It had not
> been changed since the original installation, as I had
> to cut a ty-wrap so that
> it would reach the proper socket. The humidistat was
> attached to the side of
> the case.
> She told me the tech had installed lots of them, and
> demonstrated to her that
> it was working, because it was hot.
> I can only assume that he thought it was mislabelled.
> I thought about it and
> figured that he probably came from an air-conditioned
> car, to the house, which
> wasn't and not realizing the humidistat is slow
> acting, put it in the only
> socket which would work.
> The only other thought is he was one of the 'red neck'
> ones we joke about, and
> didn't know the difference between de-humidifier, and
> humidifier :-)
> Regards,
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca