Hi Bill, The Smart Heater Bar was introduced in 1996. The humidifier heater bar is 8 watts. We felt it was unlikely to bake the board but there were a number of experienced technicians with this opinion. Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@vermontel.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 8:09 AM Subject: Dampp-Chaser Trivia Question > When was the D-C Smart Heater bar introduced? (I'm waiting for the > answer back from D-C, but now it's time to put it to the list.) > There's a dealer who told someone that he didn't put in D-Cs because > when the water tank ran dry during the heating season, there was > nothing prevent the humidifier rod (what, all 25W watts of it) from > baking the board. It would be nice to know how long after the Smart > Bar debuted he was still saying this. > > Bill Ballard RPT > NH Chapter, P.T.G. > > "Blessed are the cynical, > for they hath made backups." > ...........anon > +++++++++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >
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