Humidistat Accuracy

Don pianotuna@accesscomm.ca
Mon, 02 Dec 2002 17:17:20 -0600


Hi Ron,

Terry took the thread to his room dehumidifier, not I.

At 04:15 PM 12/2/02 -0600, you wrote:
>
>>I have a big pile of copies of a full-color beautiful Damp-Chaser 
>>marketing handout that describes how the use of their dehumidifier system 
>>keeps the relative humidity (RH) of the atmosphere in the area of the 
>>piano soundboard at maximum of 42% RH. Why is it that when I place the 
>>probe of my NIST-certified 1% accuracy hygrometer on top of my Damp-Chaser 
>>humidistat, it reads 55% RH? When I place the probe on top of the 
>>soundboard it reads 55%. When I place the probe in the middle of the room 
>>where the piano resides, it reads 55%. The heater rods are not warm. The 
>>atmosphere next to the soundboard should be 42%. The room and  everywhere 
>>else around the piano is 55% RH. The humidistat should turn on 
>>at.......something near 42% RH.  I'm looking at the pretty 
>>graph:  http://www.dampp-chaser.com/main.html  It suggests that RH won't 
>>even come close to 55%. Where is the discrepancy?
>>
>>Terry Farrell
>
>
>Pardon me folks, but while you are busy answering a question on using a 
>Dampp-Chaser humidistat on a room de-humidifier, wasn't Terry's question 
>here about a Dampp-Chaser system correctly installed in his piano? That's 
>how it reads to me, and I'd be curious as to why the heater rods aren't on 
>at 55% RH too.
>
>Ron N
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